Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives.

Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives.

希望不过是一个被理智所接受的骗人的阿谀奉承者，只是因为它常常需要缓和剂。

-- Giacomo Casanova 贾科莫·卡萨诺瓦