“Do not expect too much of the end of the world.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) Polish writer
As quoted in Foucault's Pendulum (1989) by Umberto Eco, Ch. 7, p. 49; cited to a 1977 Polish edition of Unkempt Thoughts.
“To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.”
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