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Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.


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This page presents the quote "Those who have compared our life to a dream were right... we were sleeping wake, and waking sleep.". Author of this quote is Michel de Montaigne. This quote is about sleep, life, dream,.