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

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

Days of absence, sad and dreary, Clothed in sorrow's dark array, Days of absence, I...

When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.

When love begins to sicken and decay it uses an enforced ceremony.

Parting is such a sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.

Parting is such a sweet sorrow that I shall say goodnight till it be morrow.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Women may fall when there's no strength in men.

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

Conversation should be pleasant without scurrility, witty without affectation, free without indecency, learned without conceitedness,...

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

O! beware, my lord, of jealousy; It is the green-eyed monster which doth mock the...

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have...

All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have...

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and...

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss; and...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

This above all - to thine own self be true, and it must follow, as...

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...

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon...

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon...

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

Our peace shall stand as firm as rocky mountains.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.

Our remedies oft in ourselves do lie.

Lack nothing: be merry.

Lack nothing: be merry.

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...

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

We know what we are, but know not what we may be.

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.

She's gone. I am abused, and my relief must be to loathe her.

Time is the stuff between pay days

Time is the stuff between pay days

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.