For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least exp…

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For I know that many good things have happened to many, when least expected; and that many hopes have been disappointed. ✨ Rudens by Plautus, II. 3. 69; Mostellaria, Act I, scene 3, line 71, 211 BC.
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