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A quotation from Robert Louis Stevenson

Undying hope is co-ruler of the human bosom with infallible credulity. A man finds he has been wrong at every preceding stage of his career, only to deduce the astonishing conclusion that he is at last entirely right.

Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894) Scottish essayist, novelist, poet
Essay (1878-03), “Crabbed Age and Youth,” Cornhill Magazine, Vol. 37

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Aug 8 at 4:22pmWeb
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@wist Yes cuz we congratulate ourselves on the corpse of yesterday's mistakes, not noticing that they have risen again, dressed in the uniform of today's convictions.

Hope isn't the opposite of folly but its favorite accomplice.