“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
The Wondrous Tale of Alroy, pt. 10, ch. 3.
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“Be prepared for the worst, my love, for it lives next door to the best.”
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