Hunc laborem sumas laudem qui tibi ac fructum ferat. - Gaius Lucilius

As baby children believe that all bronze statues are alive and are men, so these (superstitious grown-ups) think the fictions of dreams are real, and believe that bronze statues have a living heart inside. These things are a painters' gallery, nothing real, all make-believe.

Paulo hoc melius quam mediocre, hoc minus malum quam ut pessumum.

This is a little better than middling, that is a little less bad than what you would call the worst.