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Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she

Hope is a flatterer, but the most upright of all parasites for she frequents the poor mans hut, as well as the palace of his superior. – William Shenstone

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Anger is a great force. If you control it, it can be transmuted into a power which can move the whole world. – William Shenstone

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My hopes are not always realized, but I always hope. – Ovid

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Journalists say a thing that they know isnt true, in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough it will be true. – Arnold Bennett

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Litigant. A person about to give up his skin for the hope of retaining his bones. – Ambrose Bierce

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The birds of hope are everywhere, listen to them sing. – Terri Guillemets

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