Quote#Hope
Unhappy they who raise their hopes upon the shifting sand
Quote byJ. E. Casely Hayford · 1866–1930
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Ethiopia Unbound: Studies in Race Emancipation (1911), Mansa to Kwamankra, p. 60.
English (original)
Unhappy they who raise their hopes upon the shifting sand.
— J. E. Casely Hayford
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