Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits

Quote by Shakespeare

Topics: Expectation Quotes

To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days.

To say the truth, reason and love keep little company together now-a-days.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

The more I give to thee, the more I have.

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Glory is like a circle in the water, Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself Till...

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved...

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

The jury, passing on the prisoner's life, may in the sworn twelve have a thief...

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

Thou has done a deed whereat valour will weep.

They do not love that do not show their love.

They do not love that do not show their love.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Where every something, being blent together turns to a wild of nothing.

Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant...

Graze on my lips; and if those hills be dry, stray lower, where the pleasant...

I bear a charmed life.

I bear a charmed life.

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love...

As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

The attempt and not the deed confounds us.

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

For mine own part, it was Greek to me

A ministering angel shall my sister be.

A ministering angel shall my sister be.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

Ignorance is the curse of God; knowledge is the wing wherewith we fly to heaven.

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off...

For in that sleep of death what dreams may come, When we have shuffled off...

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

Love bears it out even to the edge of doom.

People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else...

People who do not love themselves can adore others, because adoration is making someone else...

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do...

Neither genius, fame, nor love show the greatness of the soul. Only kindness can do...

A heart in love with beauty never grows old.

A heart in love with beauty never grows old.