Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes About Hope
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Hope and fear are inseparable.
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Hope, deceitful as it is, carries us through life agreeably enough.
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We promise according to our hopes and perform according to our fears.
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Avarice often produces opposite results: there are an infinite number of persons who sacrifice their property to doubtful and distant expectations; others mistake great future advantages for small present interests.
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Hope is the last thing that dies in man.
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Hope, deceiving as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route.
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When fortune surprises us by giving us some great office without having gradually led us to expect it, or without having raised our hopes, it is well nigh impossible to occupy it well, and to appear worthy to fill it.
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Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us, that while we are traveling through life it conducts us in an easier and more pleasant way to our journey's end.
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Francois de La Rochefoucauld
- Born: September 15, 1613
- Died: March 17, 1680
- Occupation: Author