„He who has a false hope, has not that sight of his own corruptions which the saint has.“

— Jonathan Edwards

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„In the unlikely story that is America, there has never been anything false about hope.“
— Barack Obama
„When a man mourns for someone who has played him false, it is not for love of her, but for his own humiliation at not having deserved her trust.“
— Cesare Pavese
„It is both foolish and wicked to teach the average man who is not well off that some wrong or injustice has been done him, and that he should hope for redress elsewhere than in his own industry, honesty and intelligence.“
— Theodore Roosevelt
„That which has always been accepted by everyone, everywhere, is almost certain to be false.“
— Paul Valéry
„And now that the hour of departure is appointed to me, this is the hope with which I depart, and not I only, but every man that believes that he has his mind purified.“
— Socrates
„He who has lived as a true philosopher has reason to be of good cheer when he is about to die, and that after death he may hope to receive the greatest good in the other world.“
— Socrates
„Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.“
— Nikos Kazantzakis