Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to …

Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Exactly at the instant when hope ceases to be reasonable it begins to be useful. ✨ Gilbert K. Chesterton (2013). The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton, p.186, Simon and Schuster
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