David Hume book A Treatise of Human Nature
Part 1, Section 4
A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 2: Of the passions
David Hume book A Treatise of Human Nature
Part 1, Section 4
A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40), Book 2: Of the passions
Emily Giffin (1972) American writer
Source: Heart of the Matter
“A hope fulfilled is already half a disappointment.”
Michael Chabon (1963) Novelist, short story writer, essayist
“Don't predict disappointment while hope is an option”
Obert Skye Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want
Source: Leven Thumps and the Eyes of the Want
“Who doesn't have big hopes can't be disappointed.”
Patricia Conde (1979) Spanish actress
Quien no alberga grandes esperanzas no puede resultar decepcionado. <br class="br"> Patricia Conde's Fotolog http://www.fotolog.com/ohadri/21499931#, quoted from a magazine Ayer tuve un sueño (22 April 2010)
“What the inner voice says
Will not disappoint the hoping soul.”
Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German poet, philosopher, historian, and playwright
Hope, last stanza (1797)
“I say good-bye to hope, but I also say good-bye to hope's disappointment.”
David Levithan (1972) American author and editor
Source: How They Met, and Other Stories
Aurelius Augustinus (354–430) early Christian theologian and philosopher
As quoted in Spirituality and Liberation: Overcoming the Great Fallacy (1988) by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 136
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