Vain hopes are like certain dreams of those who wake.
Et spes inanes, et velut somnia quædam, vigilantium.
Original text (Latin)
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Too exact, and rather studious of similitude than of beauty.
For it is feeling and force of imagination that makes us eloquent.
Nothing is more dangerous to men than a sudden change of fortune.
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