"Aegroto dum anima est, spes esse dicitur."
— Hope
January 1, 1970
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There is said to be hope for a sick man, as long as there is life. — Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) Book IX, Letter X, section 3 — Often paraphrased as: Dum anima est, spes est ("While there is life there is hope") — Compare: "While there's life there’s hope, and only the dead have none." Theocritus, Idyll 4, line 42; as translated A. S. F. Gow
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There is said to be hope for a sick man, as long as there is life. — Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum (Letters to Atticus) Book IX, Letter X, section 3 — Often paraphrased as: Dum anima est, spes est ("While there is life there is hope") — Compare: "While there's life there’s hope, and only the dead have none." Theocritus, Idyll 4, line 42; as translated A. S. F. Gow