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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.

Oliver Goldsmith

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On the stage he was natural, simple, affecting, ‘Twas only when he was off, he was acting.
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A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.
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Hope is such a bait, it covers any hook.
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