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Quote by George Santayana
Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least e

Many possessions, if they do not make a man better, are at least expected to make his children happier and this pathetic hope is behind many exertions. – George Santayana

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Its a pity that the tennis is really going down the drain. Every year its getting worse and worse and worse. There has to be a radical change, and I hope it will be really soon. – Marat Safin

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I dont care what other critics say, I only hope to be played. – Virgil Thomson

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Hope travels through, nor quits us when we die. – Alexander Pope

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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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By measuring the proportion of children living with the same parents from birth and whether their parents report a good quality relationship we are driving home the message that social programmes should promote family stability and avert breakdown. – Iain Duncan Smith

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It is not well to make great changes in old age. – Charles Spurgeon

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