Quote by Joseph Addison
If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is. – Joseph Addison

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Admiration is a very short-lived passion that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object, unless it be still fed with fresh discoveries, and kept alive by a new perpetual succession of miracles rising up to its view. – Joseph Addison

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A cloudy day or a little sunshine have as great an influence on many constitutions as the most recent blessings or misfortunes. – Joseph Addison

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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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When we cannot hope to win, it is an advantage to yield. – Quintilian

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We have to always hope in humanity that people will make the right choices. – King Abdullah II

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I hope what I do has an art to it, and as an artist you have to try new things and keep yourself entertained. – Craig Ferguson

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With unemployment still abysmally high, the Obama economy is crushing Hispanics dreams for their children to live a better life. – Marco Rubio

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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer. – Xenophon

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Love is the attempt to form a friendship inspired by beauty. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure theres a secure family atmosphere. – Mel Gibson

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