Quotation by

William Graham Sumner

Men never cling to their dreams with such tenacity as at the moment when they are losing faith in them, and know it, but do not dare yet to confess it to themselves.

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When people start to realize their dreams might not come true, they often hold on even tighter to those hopes. This happens because they are afraid to admit to themselves that they are losing belief in what they wanted.

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