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title: "4 Distant Hope Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/but-the-distant-hope-of-being-one-day-useful-or-eminent-ought-not-to/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [“Banning the institution of slavery itself long remained only a distant hope in much of Africa and the Middle East, even after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-sowell/banning-the-institution-of-slavery-itself-long-remained-only-a/)

[Thomas Sowell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-sowell/)

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> [It is the around-the-corner brand of hope that prompts people to action, while the distant hope acts as an opiate.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/it-is-the-around-the-corner-brand-of-hope-that-prompts-people-to/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [But what we strive to gratify, though we may call it a distant hope, is an immediate desire; the future estate for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/but-what-we-strive-to-gratify-though-we-may-call-it-a-distant-hope-is/)

[George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f6e/george-eliot-84_alleys_but-what-we-strive-to-gratify-though-we_2224555.png)

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