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The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb says, "The man who lives by hope will die by despair."
The man who will live above his present circumstances is in great danger of living in a little time much beneath them, or, as the Italian proverb says, "The man who lives by hope will die by despair."
Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Joseph Addison
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- Approximate author period: c. 1695 AD · renaissance
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- Dictionary of Quotations (1893) (1893 AD)
Printed citation: Addison. · page_441
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