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The wall reality builds while your ambition arrives with a ladder anyway.

means A thing that cannot happen or be done, no matter the effort, cleverness, or wishing involved.

from From Latin impossibilis, simply in- (not) bolted onto possibilis (able to be done) — a flat no, etymologically.

Math flavorSome impossibilities are proven, not just unobserved — like trisecting an angle.
Degrees existLogically impossible beats merely physically impossible.
Famous quipClarke warned elderly scientists declaring things impossible are usually wrong.
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