Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious …

William Shakespeare
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Dreams, indeed, are ambition; for the very substance of the ambitious is merely the shadow of a dream. And I hold ambition of so airy and light a quality that it is but a shadow's shadow. ✨ William Shakespeare (2001). Hamlet, p.155, Classic Books Company
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