Could Hope inspect her Basis Her Craft were done - Has a fictitious Charter Or it has none - Balked in the vastest instance But to renew - Felled but by one assassin - Prosperity -
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hope survives only because it has a shaky foundation.
- In plain terms
- If hope checked its facts it would fail, but prosperity kills it anyway.
- What can you take from it?
- Uncertainty allows hope to persist.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What keeps your hope alive?
- Does having enough kill your drive?
Another view
It suggests hope is based on fiction.
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