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Quintilian

Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.

Dreams

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Hoping for something without a real chance of it happening is similar to having a dream after waking up, where the dream feels real but isn’t actually true. These kinds of hopes are empty and don’t lead to real results, just like those fleeting, unrealistic dreams.

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