Such is the nature of novelty that where anything pleases it becomes doubly agreeable if new; but if it displeases, it is doubly displeasing on that very account.
Disappointment Quotes
Of all sad words of tongue or pen, the saddest are these: “It might have been!”
Never burn your fingers to snuff another’s candle.
From a fallen tree, make kindling.
Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.
The pain of a disappointed wish necessarily produces less effect upon the mind if a man has not certainly promised himself success.
Blessed is he that expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Oft expectation fails, and most oft where most it promises; and oft it hits where hope is coldest; and despair most sits. (All’s Well That Ends Well)
The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.
You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.