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Quote by Thomas Jefferson
My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries

My theory has always been, that if we are to dream, the flatteries of hope are as cheap, and pleasanter, than the gloom of despair. – Thomas Jefferson

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Experience demands that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the general prey of the rich on the poor. – Thomas Jefferson

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If you use your imagination, you can look at any actress and see her nude… I hope to make you use your imagination. – Hedy Lamarr

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that still might be. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I said to my soul, be still, and wait without hope, For hope would be hope for the wrong thing. – T. S. Eliot

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Im a romantic a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they wont. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

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