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The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up

The comfortable estate of widowhood is the only hope that keeps up a wifes spirits. – John Gay

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Of all mechanics, of all servile handycrafts-men, a gamester is the vilest. But yet, as many of the quality are of the profession, he is admitted amongst the politest company. – John Gay

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Gambling (Gaming)
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John Gay
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A rich rogue nowadays is fit company for any gentleman; and the world, my dear, hath not such a contempt for roguery as you imagine. – John Gay

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Company, Companions
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Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy – the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. – Eric Hoffer

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The present is the ever moving shadow that divides yesterday from tomorrow. In that lies hope. – Frank Lloyd Wright

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I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices. But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly. I think it is just as important to sing about beautiful mornings as it is to talk about slums. I just couldnt write anything without hope in it. – Oscar Hammerstein II

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Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. – Titus Maccius Plautus

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A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool. – Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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The wicked often work harder to go to hell than the righteous do to enter heaven. – Josh Billings

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