Hope is the greatest madness. What can we expect of a world that we enter with the assurance of seeing our fathers and mothers die? A world where, if two beings love each other and give their lives to each other, both can be sure that one will watch the other perish?Alfred De Vigny
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A world where, if two beings love each other and give their lives to each other, both can be sure that one will watch the other perish? This is one of the most famous quotes by the author Charles Dickens. It is a striking way of expressing the hope for eternal life.
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