Quote by Thomas Carlyle
Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other posses

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope this world of his is emphatically the place of hope. – Thomas Carlyle

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If those gentlemen would let me alone I should be much obliged to them. I would say, as Shakespeare would say… Sweet Friend, for Jesus sake forbear. – Thomas Carlyle

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The courage we desire and prize is not the courage to die decently, but to live manfully. – Thomas Carlyle

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When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit. – John Dryden

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

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I hope my tongue in prune juice smothers, If I belittle dogs and mothers. – Ogden Nash

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I hope to work harder than ever to help people around the world. – Lech Walesa

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