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Hope is patience with the lamp lit
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"Hope is patience with the lamp lit"

- Tertullian

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This quote by Tertullian talks to the power of hope and its ability to suffer us through difficult times. Hope is a powerful feeling that can help us to stay focused as well as determined also when the probabilities protest us. It is a light that overviews us through the darkness, as well as it is a source of strength and also nerve. The allegory of a lamp being lit is made use of to illustrate the idea that hope is a beacon of light that can assist us to stay on the appropriate course. It is a pointer that also in the darkest of times, there is still a glimmer of hope that can assist us to maintain going. Hope is an effective feeling that can assist us to remain concentrated as well as inspired even when the chances protest us. It is a resource of strength and guts that can assist us to stay on the ideal course. It is a suggestion that also in the darkest of times, there is still a glimmer of hope that can aid us to keep going. Hope is an effective feeling that can help us to stay person and be determined even when the going gets challenging. It is a light that guides us via the darkness, and it is a source of toughness and guts that can assist us to remain on the best course.

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This quote is written / told by Tertullian. He/she was a famous Author from Rome. The author also have 27 other quotes.

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