He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment sel…

Samuel Johnson
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He who expects much will be often disappointed; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation, or has any other effect than that of producing a moral sentence or peevish exclamation. ✨ Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy, Francis Pearson Walesby (1825). The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D..: The Adventurer and Idler, p.154
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