Quote by John Gay
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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How the mother is to be pitied who hath handsome daughters! Locks, bolts, bars, and lectures of morality are nothing to them: they break through them all. They have as much pleasure in cheating a father and mother, as in cheating at cards. – John Gay

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Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. – Desmond Tutu

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But groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having. – John Perry Barlow

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