Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded; for…

Samuel Johnson
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Yet it is necessary to hope, though hope should always be deluded; for hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadsul than its extinction. ✨ The Idler: With Additional Essays.
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