Suspense is worse than disappointment

Quote by Robert Burns

Topics: Disappointment Quotes

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Affliction's sons are brothers in distress; A brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Man's inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn!

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Hope springs exulting on triumphant wing

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Critics! Those cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame.

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

Had we never lov'd sae kindly, Had we never lov'd sae blindly, Never met --...

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

The wide world is all before us - but a world without a friend.

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

I pick my favourite quotations and store them in my mind as ready armour, offensive...

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

And there begins a lang digression about the lords o' the creation.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Prudent, cautious self-control, is wisdom's root.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

Suspense is worse than disappointment.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.

But to see her was to love her, love but her, and love her forever.

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

But to see her was to love her, Love but her, and love forever

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the...

The snowdrop and primrose our woodlands adorn, and violets bathe in the wet o' the...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Criticism of government finds sanctuary in several portions of the 1st Amendment. It is part...

Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.

Finally, in conclusion, let me say just this.