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In nine times out of ten, the slanderous tongue belongs to a disappointed person.
Slander
George Bancroft

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The house appointed for all the living.
Grave
Bible

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Better pointed bullets than pointed speeches.
Speech
Otto Von Bismarck

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A good orator is pointed and impassioned.
Speakers and Speaking
Marcus T. Cicero

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Like pilgrims to the appointed place we tend; The world's an inn, and death the journey's end.
Death and Dying
John Dryden

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Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Expectation
Benjamin Franklin

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We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed.
Life and Living
Thomas Fuller

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In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.
Writers and Writing
Samuel Johnson

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My appointed work is to awaken the divine nature that is within.
Divinity
Peace Pilgrim

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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
Disappointments
Alexander Pope

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You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.
Effort
Beverly Sills

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Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.
Life and Living
Sir William Temple

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I believe that our Heavenly Father invented man because he was disappointed in the monkey.
Evolution
Mark Twain

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The man who appeals to the best side of his fellows is rarely disappointed.
Disappointments
Source Unknown

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Always expect the worst, and you will never be disappointed.
Expectation
Peter Wastholm

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Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious; both are disappointed.
Marriage
Oscar Wilde

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun