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Joseph Addison

If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

Joseph Addison

Hope

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Joseph Addison is saying that when we expect things that are very unlikely to happen, our efforts and thoughts become pointless. This unrealistic hope causes us to see life as more imaginary and less real than it truly is.

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