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What is Hope? nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth… — Lord Byron

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What is Hope? nothing but the paint on the face of Existence; the least touch of truth rubs it off, and then we see what a hollow-cheeked harlot we have got hold of.

Lord Byron
1815
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Hope
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Metaphor, analogy and simile
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Time
1815
Person
Lord Byron
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Current citation
Lord Byron. Byron's Letters and Journals: A New Selection, edited by Richard Lansdown. Oxford University Press, 2015, ch. 5.
Original citation
Lord Byron. Letter To Thomas Moore. 28 Oct. 1815.

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