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Happiness is just a dream, but grief is real.

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[pipe dream] {n.}, {informal} An unrealizable, financially unsound, wishful way of thinking; an unrealistic plan. * /Joe went through the motions of pretending that he wanted to buy that $250,000 […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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(1694-1778), French author philosopher He who serves his country well has no need of ancestors. www.sky-net-eye.com

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[come to grief] {v. phr.} To have a bad accident or disappointment; meet trouble or ruin; end badly; wreck; fail. * /Bill came to grief learning to drive a car./ […] A Dictionary of American Idioms

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