Who said "Hope is the last thing to abandon the human heart."?

This quote is attributed to Théophile Gautier.

Hope is the last thing to abandon the human heart. - Théophile Gautier

"Hope is the last thing to abandon the human heart."

Théophile Gautier Hope

Poet Novelist French 1811–1872

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