Oft expectation fails, and most oft there where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest, and despair most fits.
 William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well (1623). copy citation

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Author William Shakespeare
Source All's Well That Ends Well
Topic life hope despair
Date 1623
Language English
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Note Written between 1604 and 1605
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