Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ✨ J. Spedding (ed.) …

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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper. ✨ J. Spedding (ed.) 'The Works of Francis Bacon' vol. 7 (1859) 'Apophthegms contained in Resuscitatio' no. 36
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