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* Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.
* Work without hope draws nectar in a sieve,
And hope without an object cannot live.
** [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Work_without_Hope.html "Work Without Hope"], 1825.
** [[Samuel Taylor Coleridge]], [http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/stc/Coleridge/poems/Work_without_Hope.html "Work Without Hope"], 1825.
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* '''Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.'''
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** [[w:Frank Darabont|Frank Darabont]], in the screenplay for ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' (1994), based on a story by [[Stephen King]]
*''' "Hope" is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops — at all '''—
And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard —
And sore must be the storm —
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm —
*''' "Hope" is the thing with feathers —
That perches in the soul —
And sings the tune without the words —
And never stops — at all '''—
And sweetest — in the Gale — is heard —
And sore must be the storm —
That could abash the little Bird
That kept so many warm —
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* When love leaves the world, all hearts are still. '''Tell them of my love and tell them of my pain and tell them of my hope, which still lives.''' For this is all I have and all I am and all I ask.
* When love leaves the world, all hearts are still. '''Tell them of my love and tell them of my pain and tell them of my hope, which still lives.''' For this is all I have and all I am and all I ask.
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** [[Stephen King]], in ''[[The Dark Tower (series)| The Dark Tower]]'', Vol I: ''The Gunslinger''.
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** [[Stephen King]], ''[[The Dark Tower (series)| The Dark Tower]]'', Vol I: ''The Gunslinger''.
* If you've lost your faith in love and music, the end won't be long
* If you've lost your faith in love and music, the end won't be long
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** [[w: The Libertines|The Libertines]], song ''The Good Old Days''.
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** [[w:The Libertines|The Libertines]], "The Good Old Days", ''Babyshambles Sessions'' (2003).
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* Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it.
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** [[w:Raistlin Majere|Raistlin Majere]], ''[[w:Dragonlance|Dragonlance series]]''.
* Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.
* Hope is the feeling we have that the feeling we have is not permanent.
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* Hope proves man deathless. It is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
* Hope proves man deathless. It is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
** [[Henry Melvill]], in "The Advantages of a State of Expectation" in ''Sermons by Henry Melvill, B. D'' (1844), edited by Charles Pettit McIlvaine, Sermon X, p. 113.
** [[Henry Melvill]], in "The Advantages of a State of Expectation" in ''Sermons by Henry Melvill, B. D'' (1844), edited by Charles Pettit McIlvaine, Sermon X, p. 113.
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* A man without hope is a man without fear.
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** [[Frank Miller]], ''[[w:Daredevil:Born Again|Daredevil:Born Again]]''.
* And tho't that the light-house look't lovely as hope,
That star on life's tremulous ocean.
* And tho't that the light-house look't lovely as hope,
That star on life's tremulous ocean.
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** [[w:Charles H. Revson|Charles H. Revson]], as quoted in [[w:Andrew Tobias|Andrew Tobias]], ''Fire and Ice'' (1976).
** [[w:Charles H. Revson|Charles H. Revson]], as quoted in [[w:Andrew Tobias|Andrew Tobias]], ''Fire and Ice'' (1976).
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* True hope is swift, and flies with swallows' wings;
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.
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* Our hap is loss, our hope but sad despair.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'', Act V, scene ii.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], [[Henry VI, Part 3|''Henry VI'', Part III]] (c. 1591), Act II, scene 3, line 9.
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* '''The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope.'''
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* Farewell
The hopes of court! my hopes in heaven do dwell.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (1603), Act III, scene i.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' (1613), Act III, scene 2, line 458.
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* The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope:
I've hope to live, and am prepar'd to die.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (1603), Act III, scene 1, line 2.
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* True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings:
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' (c. 1591), Act V, scene 2, line 23.
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* Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that
And manage it against despairing thoughts.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' (1590s), Act III, scene 1, line 246.
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* Worse than despair,
Worse than the bitterness of death, is hope.
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** [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], ''The Cenci'' (1819), Act V, scene 4.
* Cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay.
* Cold hopes swarm like worms within our living clay.
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** [[w:Fran Walsh|Frances Walsh]], [[w:Philippa Boyens|Philippa Boyens]] and [[w:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' (2002 film), based on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
** [[w:Fran Walsh|Frances Walsh]], [[w:Philippa Boyens|Philippa Boyens]] and [[w:Peter Jackson|Peter Jackson]], ''[[The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (film)|The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers]]'' (2002 film), based on ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
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* '''Remember, Red, hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.'''
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* Hope is the denial of reality. It is the carrot dangled before the draft horse to keep him plodding along in a vain attempt to reach it.
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** [[w:Frank Darabont|Frank Darabont]], in the screenplay for ''[[The Shawshank Redemption]]'' (1994), based on a story by [[Stephen King]]
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** [[w:Margaret Weis|Margaret Weis]] and [[w:Tracy Hickman|Tracy Hickman]], ''Dragonlance Chronicles - Book 1'' (2006), p. 393 (character of [[w:Raistlin Majere|Raistlin Majere]]).
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* A man without hope is a man without fear.
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** [[Frank Miller]],in ''[[w:Daredevil:Born Again]]''.
===''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations''===
===''Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations''===
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** All things are to be hoped by a man as long as he is alive. ("A very effeminate saying.")
** All things are to be hoped by a man as long as he is alive. ("A very effeminate saying.")
** [[Seneca]], ''Epistles'', 70.
** [[Seneca]], ''Epistles'', 70.
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* Our hap is loss, our hope but sad despair.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], [[Henry VI, Part 3|''Henry VI'', Part III]] (c. 1591), Act II, scene 3, line 9.
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* Farewell
The hopes of court! my hopes in heaven do dwell.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' (1613), Act III, scene 2, line 458.
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* The miserable have no other medicine
But only hope:
I've hope to live, and am prepar'd to die.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Measure for Measure]]'' (1603), Act III, scene 1, line 2.
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* True hope is swift, and flies with swallow's wings:
Kings it makes gods, and meaner creatures kings.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[Richard III (play)|Richard III]]'' (c. 1591), Act V, scene 2, line 23.
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* Hope is a lover's staff; walk hence with that
And manage it against despairing thoughts.
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** [[William Shakespeare]], ''[[The Two Gentlemen of Verona]]'' (1590s), Act III, scene 1, line 246.
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* Worse than despair,
Worse than the bitterness of death, is hope.
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** [[Percy Bysshe Shelley]], ''The Cenci'' (1819), Act V, scene 4.
* Through the sunset of hope,
Like the shapes of a dream,
What paradise islands of glory gleam!
* Through the sunset of hope,
Like the shapes of a dream,
What paradise islands of glory gleam!