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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope read more
Oft expectation fails, and most oft there
Where most it promises; and oft it hits
Where hope is coldest and despair most fits.
He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."
He was fash and full of faith that "something would turn up."
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
Blessed are those that nought expect,
For they shall not be disappointed.
Blessed are those that nought expect,
For they shall not be disappointed.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
Ambition is the last refuge of failure.
'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.
'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be
expected to do.
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be
expected to do.
Although I enter not,
Yet round about the spot
Ofttimes I hover;
And near read more
Although I enter not,
Yet round about the spot
Ofttimes I hover;
And near the sacred gate,
With longing eyes I wait,
Expectant of her.
Everything comes if a man will only wait.
Everything comes if a man will only wait.
