But 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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There is something pagan in me that I cannot shake off. In short, I deny nothing, but doubt everything.
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If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.
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All who joy would win Must share it -- Happiness was born a twin.
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They never fail who die in a great cause.
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But words are things, and a small drop of ink,       Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which makes thousands, perhaps millions, think;       ’T is strange, the shortest letter which man uses Instead of speech, may form a lasting link       Of ages; to what straits old Time reduces Frail man, when paper — even a rag like this, Survives himself, his tomb, and all that’s his.
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