Quote by William Shakespeare
Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and of

Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. – William Shakespeare

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I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one. – William Shakespeare

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He loses his thanks who promises and delays. – Proverb

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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. – Nikita Khrushchev

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The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday –but never jam today. – Lewis Carroll

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He is poor indeed that can promise nothing. – Thomas Fuller

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I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness. – Allen Ginsberg

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Short fiction is the medium I love the most, because it requires that I bring everything Ive learned about poetry – the concision, the ability to say something as vividly as possible – but also the ability to create a narrative that, though lacking a novels length, satisfies the reader. – Ron Rash

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Some things have to be believed to be seen. – Ralph Hodgson, The Skylark and Other Poems

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The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. – Francis Bacon

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