Hope (n.) is exceedingly deceitful, and yet is of good use in that it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.
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Hope (n.) is inseparable from fear... there is no hope without fear, nor any fear without hope.
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Hope (n.) , deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.
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Hope (n.) is deceitful, and yet it serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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Hope (n.) is the last thing that dies in man.
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Hope (n.) is, to be sure, an utter charlatan, but at least she lures us to life's end along a pretty path.
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