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We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age.
We are ready to despair too soon, we are ready to say, ‘What’s the good of doing anything?’ Hope is the virtue we should cultivate most in this present day and age.
Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
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- Agatha Christie
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- Approximate author period: c. 1933 AD · modern
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