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Spanish: El hombre hace al sueño y al cumplirlo el sueño hace al hombre

English translation: Men make dreams and, by fulfilling them, dreams make men







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Spanish term or phrase:El hombre hace al sueño y al cumplirlo el sueño hace al hombre
English translation:Men make dreams and, by fulfilling them, dreams make men
Entered by:Michael Powers (PhD)
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Social Sciences - Philosophy
Spanish term or phrase: El hombre hace al sueño y al cumplirlo el sueño hace al hombre
Una frase de Goethe
tamita
Venezuela
Men makes dream and by fulfilling them dreams make men
Explanation:
algo así por el estilo

Mike :)
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Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
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Summary of answers provided
4Men makes dream and by fulfilling them dreams make men
Michael Powers (PhD)
3Man makes his dream and when it is done the dream makes the man.aykon
3Are you sure it is Goethe?xxxCMJ_Trans
3Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it
Terence Ajbro


  


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8 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Men makes dream and by fulfilling them dreams make men

Explanation:
algo así por el estilo

Mike :)

Michael Powers (PhD)
United States
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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THANKS

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neutral xxxCMJ_Trans: the first part is totally ungrammatical!
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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Are you sure it is Goethe?

Explanation:
Man is no greater than his dreams, his ideal, his hope, and his plan. Man dreams the dream and fulfilling it, it is the dream that makes the man. = Alfred Armand Montapert

www.madwed.com/.../Transfer__2/Desolation__Despair__Despond... body_doing_well__dole__domestic__do.html

xxxCMJ_Trans
France
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it

Explanation:
only quote I could find that might resemble what you are looking for


    Reference: http://noetic.oathill.com/Quotes/goethe.html
Terence Ajbro
Denmark
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
Man makes his dream and when it is done the dream makes the man.

Explanation:
is that phrase not translated already somewhere?

aykon
United Kingdom
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
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