Samuel Johnson: It is necessary to hope, though hope should be always deluded; for hope itself…

It is necessary to hope, though hope should be always deluded; for hope itself is happiness and its frustrations, however frequent, are yet less dreadful than its extinction.

In today’s wordsWe have to hope, even if hope is always disappointed; hope itself is happiness, and its frustrations, however frequent, are less dreadful than its extinction.