Dream after dream ensues;
And still they dream that they shall still succeed,
And still are disappointed. [ Cowper ]

We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed. [ Proverb ]

Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed. [ Sir W. Temple ]

Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. [ Swift ]

In nine cases out of ten, the evil tongue belongs to a disappointed man. [ Bancroft ]

Men marry because they are tired, women because they are curious; both are disappointed. [ Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Grey ]

Mankind in the gross is a gaping monster, that loves to be deceived, and has seldom been disappointed. [ Mackenzie ]

Of all the uses of adversity which are sweet, none are sweeter than those which grow out of disappointed love. [ Henry Taylor ]

Though thou art disappointed in a hope, never let hope fail thee; though one door is shut, there are thousands still open for thee. [ Rückert ]

The stranger who turneth away from a house with disappointed hopes leaveth there his own offences, and departeth, taking with him all the good actions of the owner. [ Hitopadesa ]

Nature builds upon a false bottom, seeks herself what she values in others, and is oftentimes deceived and disappointed. Grace reposes her whole hope and love in God, and is never mistaken, never deluded by false expectations. [ Thomas à Kempis ]

Many classes are always praising the by-gone time, for it is natural that the old should extol the days of their youth; the weak, the era of their strength; the sick, the season of their vigor; and the disappointed, the springtime of their hopes! [ C. Bingham ]

Anxiety is the poison of human life. It is the parent of many sins, and of more miseries. In a world where everything is doubtful, where you may be disappointed, and be blessed in disappointment, what means this restless stir and commotion of mind? Can your solicitude alter the cause or unravel the intricacy of human events? [ Blair ]