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Disappointment5 quotes
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste. — William Shakespeare · 1609Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. — Alexander Pope · 1727Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. — George Eliot · 1861Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. — Charlotte Bronte · 1853This was another of our fears: that Life wouldn't turn out to be like Literature. — Julian Barnes · 2011Expectations2 quotes
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. — Alexander Pope · 1727Life is so constructed that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. — Charlotte Bronte · 1853Anticipation1 quote
Nothing is so good as it seems beforehand. — George Eliot · 1861Low expectations1 quote
Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. — Alexander Pope · 1727Memories1 quote
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste. — William Shakespeare · 1609Wasting time1 quote
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time's waste. — William Shakespeare · 1609