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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.

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We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

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There are varieties of theories of revolution. According to one of these theories, only one of these theories, revolutions occur when there is an explosion of rising expectation. And amongst the lower strata in Iranian society, we are witnessing an increasing rise of the expectation and it's clear that the regime is incapable of satisfying these demands.

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Act without expectation.

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I come here with no expectations, only to profess, now that I am at liberty to do so, that my heart is and always will be yours.

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We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me.

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There have been occasions in my later life (I suppose as in most lives) when I have felt for a time as if a thick curtain had fallen on all its interest and romance, to shut me out from anything save dull endurance any more. Never has that curtain dropped so heavy and blank, as when my way in life lay stretched out straight before me through the newly-entered road of apprenticeship to Joe.

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Our lives are shaped not as much by our experiences as by our expectations.

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We fight to keep something alive rather than in the expectation that anything will triumph.

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(Because) the notion of absolute truth is difficult to sustain outside the context of religion, ethical conduct is not something we engage in because it is somehow right in itself but because, like ourselves, all others desire to be happy and to avoid suffering. Given that this is a natural disposition, shared by all, it follows that each individual has a right to pursue this goal. Accordingly, I suggest that one of the things which determines whether an act is ethical or not is its effect on others' experience or expectation of happiness.

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I recognize I am essentially a failed human being in the sense that I can't possibly live up to the expectations of an Almighty.

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With every one, the expectation of a misfortune constitutes a dreadful, punishment. Suffering then assumes the proportions of the unknown, which is the soul's infinite.

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The fourth (of the four cardinal virtues) is supportiveness: this manifests as service to others without expectation of reward. (Paraphrased: Such service is not a mere conforming to some external rule of behavior, but instead a manifestation of your original nature).

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I loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

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Take nothing on its looks; take everything on evidence. There's no better rule.

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It is a most miserable thing to feel ashamed of home.

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I never had one hour's happiness in her society, and yet my mind all round the four-and-twenty hours was harping on the happiness of having her with me unto death.

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The enormous expectation having to do with sexual love and the shame involved in this expectation degrades all a woman's perspectives from the start.

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The secret to happiness is having low expectations.

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All other swindlers upon earth are nothing to the self-swindlers, and with such pretences did I cheat myself.

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