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Quote by Samuel Johnson
Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief hap

Hope itself is a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords; but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain. – Samuel Johnson

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Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test. – Samuel Johnson

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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek. – Samuel Johnson

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The great hope of society is in individual character. – William Ellery Channing

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I hope when Im dead Ill be considered an icon, though. – Lady Gaga

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The secret is not to give up hope. Its very hard not to because if youre really doing something worthwhile I think you will be pushed to the brink of hopelessness before you come through the other side. – George Lucas

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Its always been my hope, as an actor, to reveal only what is relevant about myself to the work. – Eric Bana

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History studies not just facts and institutions, its real subject is the human spirit. РFustel de Coulange, La Cit̩ antique, 1864

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The doctrine of blind obedience and unqualified submission to any human power, whether civil or ecclesiastical, is the doctrine of despotism, and ought to have no place among Republicans and Christians. – Angelina Grimke

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