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Disdain hope and fear for they are what bring anxiety.

Seneca

If you define hope as "expectations" then I agree.

If you define hope as "belief in the goodness of all human beings and thus a potential better tomorrow" (which is how I would define hope), then I don't agree with Seneca on this one.

For sure. I believe Seneca meant the ordinary definition. That'd be expecting something.

I may even clarify: expecting something to happen even if it's outside of your control

Dictionary:

hope

noun

1.

a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.

"he looked through her belongings in the hope of coming across some information"