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20-Dec-2006, 07:16

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Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper

Hi,

Can you explain the quote

"Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper"

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20-Dec-2006, 08:53

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Re: Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper

Hope is fine at the beginning, but at the end of a time period, it is bad. If you're young and full of hope, that's fine, but if you're old and still hoping, then you haven't achieved what you wanted.

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