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Age of Enlightenment1 quote
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. — Alexander Pope · 1727Colonial America1 quote
Blessed is he that expects nothing for he shall never be disappointed. — Benjamin Franklin · 1739New Testament Era1 quote
For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required. — Jesus · 61The Renaissance1 quote
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises, and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most shifts. — William Shakespeare · 1616