“Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.”
Robert Louis Stevenson (1850–1894) Scottish novelist, poet, essayist, and travel writer
“Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment.”
Variant: Plant an expectation; reap a disappointment." (Quoting an old adage)
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