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  What it means

  “Hope is the mother of fools.” Blind optimism without realistic assessment leads people astray. Those who rely on hope alone rather than action or reason are fooling themselves.

  English equivalent

  Hope is the fool's income.

  Vocabulary

  • nadzieja — hope
  • głupi — fool, foolish person
  • matka — mother

  Grammar note

  'Głupich' is the genitive plural of 'głupi', used here as a noun meaning 'of fools'. 'Matka' is the predicate nominative.

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