Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hope brings joy even without other happiness.
- In plain terms
- Hope is the biggest happiness life gives.
- What can you take from it?
- Hold hope to find joy.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is hope enough without action?
- What sustains hope?
Another view
Hope without action may feel empty.
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No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.
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