It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation. (Samuel Johnson)

It is generally known, that he who expects much will be often disappointed yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any effect other than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation.

Samuel Johnson

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