Related quotes
- Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation.
- Hope is the struggle of the soul, breaking loose from what is perishable, and attesting her eternity.
- Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul - and sings the tunes without the words - and never stops at all.
- It is extraordinary that when you are acquainted with a whole family you can forget about them.
- Men cannot count, they do not know that two and two make four if women do not tell them so.
- It is natural to indulge in the illusions of hope. We are apt to shut our eyes to that siren until she allures us to our death.