Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and …

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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits. ✨ William Shakespeare (1833). The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, p.216
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Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits. ✨ William Shakespeare (1833). The plays and poems of William Shakspeare, p.216

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