"Probably every new and eagerly expected garment..." - Quote by Charles Dickens
Probably every new and eagerly expected garment ever put on since clothes came in, fell a trifle short of the wearer's expectation.
More by Charles Dickens
“The broken heart. You think you will die, but you just keep living, day after day after terrible day.”
“"Ah, Miss, hope is an excellent thing for such as has the spirits to bear it!" said Mrs Wickam, shaking her head. "My own spirits is not equal to it, but I don't owe it any grudge. I envys them that is so blest!"”
“The wind is rushing after us, and the clouds are flying after us, and the moon is plunging after us, and the whole wild night is in pursuit of us; but, so far we are pursued by nothing else.”
More on Expectation
“I always see those of whom I have heard well with a slight disappointment. They are so much better than the great herd, and yet the heavens are not shivered into diamonds over their heads.”
“That which occasions so many mistakes in the computations of men, when they expect return for favors, is that the giver's pride and the receiver's cannot agree upon the value of the kindness done.”
“I am giddy, expectation whirls me round.The imaginary relish is so sweetThat it enchants my sense.”
More on Disappointment
“A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment.”
“I married your mother because I wanted children, imagine my disappointment when you came along.”
“There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect too much; but then, if one scheme of happiness fails, human nature turns to another; if the first calculation is wrong, we make a second better: we find comfort somewhere.”