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Topic·Expectations✕clear
Comedy (play)1 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
Religious literature1 quote
For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required. — Jesus · 61