<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545177" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>And philosophers ask is it possible knowingly to believe a lie</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I might knock off writing now<br>And join friends in pursuit of holiday cheer, <br>But I choose to stay the course I find more comfortable.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A wave of satisfaction is my unearned reward, <br>Followed by - dare I call it joy? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Hope is a benignant thief.<br>We offer her our now, <br>But she dissects the plunder, carrying off<br>Our expectation of joy in this moment, <br>Leaving us the joy itself, <br>Which now may take us by ambush.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Chits we earn by today's effort<br>Are stowed for an ever-receding future.<br>To redeem them would be to know the hollow of their promise, <br>the disappointment of joy.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">On our deathbeds, the habit of hope will be with us still<br>As with fond expectation, we anticipate timelessness.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Josh+Mitteldorf">Josh Mitteldorf</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=545177" data-title="And philosophers ask is it possible knowingly to believe a lie de Josh Mitteldorf" data-description="I might knock off writing now And join friends in pursuit of holiday cheer, But I choose to stay the course I find more comfortable. A wave of satisfaction is my unearned reward, Followed by - dare I call it joy? Hope is a benignant thief. We..."></div> </div> </div>

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