“Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else.”

—  Tennessee Williams , The Glass Menagerie

Variant: Being disappointed is one thing and being discouraged is something else. I am disappointed but I am not discouraged.
Source: The Glass Menagerie

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American playwright 1911–1983

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