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Expectation Quotes by Henry David Thoreau
- We soon get through with nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy.
- Give me the old familiar world, post-office and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does not know when…
- Give me the old familiar walk, postoffice and all, with this ever new self, with this infinite expectation and faith, which does not know when…
- We soon get through with Nature. She excites an expectation which she cannot satisfy. The merest child which has rambled into a copsewood dreams of…
- We must learn to reawaken and keep ourselves awake, not by mechanical aid, but by an infinite expectation of the dawn.
More Expectation Quotes
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- There is no greater challenge than to have someone relying upon you; no greater satisfaction than to vindicate his expectation. — Kingman Brewster, Jr.
- Life is so constructed, that the event does not, cannot, will not, match the expectation. — Charlotte Bronte
- Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it… — James L. Buckley
- A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation… — Fanny Burney
- That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit. — Amos Bronson Alcott
- An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me. — Samuel Alexander
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