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    Promising is the very air o' th' time; it opens the eyes of
    expectation. Performance is ever duller for his act; and, but in
    the plainer and simpler kind of people, the deed of saying is
    quite out of use. To promise is most courtly and fashionable;
    performance is a kind of will or testament which argues a great
    sickness in his judgment that makes it.

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The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.

The best things in life are unexpected - because there were no expectations.

by Eli Khamarov Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.

'Tis silence all,
And pleasing expectation.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

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Many a time and oft
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
To tow'rs and windows, read more

Many a time and oft
Have you climbed up to walls and battlements,
To tow'rs and windows, yea, to chimney tops,
Your infants in your arms, and there have sat
The livelong day, with patient expectation,
To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome.

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Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

Anger always comes from frustrated expectations

by Elliott Larson Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

Ambition is the last refuge of failure.

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"Yet doth he live!" exclaims th' impatient heir,
And sighs for sables which he must not wear.

"Yet doth he live!" exclaims th' impatient heir,
And sighs for sables which he must not wear.

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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.

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Serene I told my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
I rave read more

Serene I told my hands and wait,
Nor care for wind or tide nor sea;
I rave no more 'gainst time or fate,
For lo! my own shall come to me.

by John Burroughs Found in: Expectation Quotes,
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