"L'espérance, toute trompeuse qu'elle est, sert au moins à nous mener à la fin de la vie par un chemin agréable..."

"It is not necessary to succeed in order to persevere. As long as there is a margin of hope, however narrow, we have no c..."

"I'm not talking about blind optimism, the kind of hope that just ignores the enormity of the tasks ahead or the roadbloc..."