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Quote by Joseph Addison
Hope calculates its scenes for a long and durable life; presses fo

Hope calculates its scenes for a long and durable life; presses forward to imaginary points of bliss; and grasps at impossibilities; and consequently very often ensnares men into beggary, ruin and dishonor. – Joseph Addison

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Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. – Joseph Addison

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No oppression is so heavy or lasting as that which is inflicted by the perversion and exorbitance of legal authority. – Joseph Addison

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Yes, I do often write poems from the mind, but I hope I dont ignore feelings and emotions. – Anne Stevenson

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It is only by not paying ones bills that one can hope to live in the memory of the commercial classes. – Oscar Wilde

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A widows refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope. – Samuel Richardson

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I do hope that our spring will be starting shortly and we will all be able to enjoy some sunshine again. – Lesley Garrett

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