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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We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the hope of obtaining it for himself. – Samuel Johnson

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Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes some virtues impracticable, and others extremely difficult. – Samuel Johnson

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My hope is that people will be repulsed by the characters complete lack of ethics and obsession with consumerism – thats what I was saying about the difference between the characters message and the films message. – Christian Bale

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It is a vain hope to make people happy by politics. – Thomas Carlyle

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Hope is the pillar that holds up the world. Hope is the dream of a waking man. – Pliny the Elder

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I still have, I hope, a lot of years and there are still a lot of things I want to do. – Faye Dunaway

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I have long believed taxpayers make better use of their money than the government ever could. – Kay Bailey Hutchison

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