"The future is a mirror that reflects the past, but the image is always distorted."
Perhaps it is better to wake up after all, even to suffer, rather than to remain a dupe to illusions all one's life.
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.