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1677·Amsterdam, Netherlands
The order and connection of ideas is the same as the order and connection of things.
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue, but virtue itself; neither do we rejoice therein, because we control our lusts, but, contrariwise, because we rejoice therein, we are able to control our lusts.
Peace is not mere absence of war, but is a virtue that springs from force of character.
Aristotle·350 BCHope is the dream of a waking man.
Samuel Johnson·1750Hope is necessary in every condition. The miseries of poverty, of sickness, or captivity, would, without this comfort, be insupportable; nor does it appear that the happiest lot of terrestrial existence can set us above the want of this general blessing; or that life, when the gifts of nature and of fortune are accumulated upon it, would not still be wretched, were it not elevated and delighted by the expectation of some new possession, of some enjoyment yet behind, by which the wish shall at last be satisfied, and the heart filled up to its utmost extent.
Fyodor Dostoevsky·1866Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.
