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George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax - Hope is...

Hope is generally a wrong Guide, though it is very good Company by the way. It brusheth through Hedge and Ditch till it cometh to a great Leap, and there it is apt to fall and break its Bones. (George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax)

Hope is generally a wrong Guide, though it is very good Company by the way. It brusheth through Hedge and Ditch till it cometh to a great Leap, and there it is apt to fall and break its Bones.

George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax

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