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.

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Lord Byron. "Letter CCXXVII, To Mr. Moore, 13 Terrace, Piccadilly, October 28, 1815."