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Quote by Anthony Trollope
They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that

They who do not understand that a man may be brought to hope that which of all things is the most grievous to him, have not observed with sufficient closeness the perversity of the human mind. – Anthony Trollope

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It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution. – Anthony Trollope

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Wisdom
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Anthony Trollope
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As to happiness in this life it is hardly compatible with that diminished respect which ever attends the relinquishing of labour. – Anthony Trollope

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Happiness
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Hope
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We use the word hope perhaps more often than any other word in the vocabulary: I hope its a nice day. Hopefully, youre doing well. So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so. – Studs Terkel

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Hope

I doubt Ill be singing forever, because at some point people arent going to want to hear my music, and I hope that Ill still get the opportunity to write songs. – Adele

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Hope

Acting provides the fulfillment of never being fulfilled. Youre never as good as youd like to be. So theres always something to hope for. – Washington Irving

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Hope

A radical inner transformation and rise to a new level of consciousness might be the only real hope we have in the current global crisis brought on by the dominance of the Western mechanistic paradigm. – Stanislav Grof

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Hope

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Machines were, it may be said, the weapon employed by the capitalists to quell the revolt of specialized labor. – Karl Marx

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Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene. – Arthur Christopher Benson

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You can awaken each day to obligations you never chose — or you can decide now to choose them. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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[S]ources are not too reliable. The words and thoughts are the thing. “The best words in the best order” is the object of all quotations. Who made the order and when is of interest, but not vital as the many quotations by “Anon.” testify. – Robert Irvine Fitzhenry (1918–2008), The Harper Book of Quotations

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