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Age of Enlightenment1 quote
A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty. — David Hume · 1758The Renaissance1 quote
Yet where an equal poise of hope and fear
Does arbitrate the event, my nature is
That I incline to hope rather than fear,
And gladly banish squint suspicion. — John Milton · 1634