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

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