As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is… — G. Chesterton
As long as matters are really hopeful, hope is a mere flattery or platitude; it is only when everything is hopeless that hope begins to be a strength at all. Like all the Christian virtues, it is as unreasonable as it is indispensable.
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