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Disappointed Quotes by Samuel Johnson
- 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…
- I know not anything more pleasant, or more instructive, than to compare experience with expectation, or to register from time to time the difference between…
- I am far from any intention to limit curiosity, or confine the labours of learning to arts of immediate and necessary use. It is only…
- The history of mankind is little else than a narrative of designs which have failed and hopes that have been disappointed.
- Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
- We love to expect, and when expectation is either disappointed or gratified, we want to be again expecting.
- 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…
More Disappointed Quotes
- All in all, for someone who was immersed in, fascinated by, and dedicated to flight, I was disappointed by the wrinkle in… — Neil Armstrong
- Friendship is certainly the finest balm for the pangs of disappointed love. — Jane Austen
- In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person. — George Bancroft
- Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics. — John Banville
- I think I got disappointed over the years about New York, about the States. You know, sometimes you go and visit Europe… — Mikhail Baryshnikov
- The man for whom time stretches out painfully is one waiting in vain, disappointed at not finding tomorrow already continuing yesterday. — Theodor Adorno
- My dad encouraged us to fail. Growing up, he would ask us what we failed at that week. If we didn't have… — Sara Blakely
- I've done well, I've been disappointed, and I think it all goes back to you. Of course the labels are going to… — Mary J. Blige