#isa

I could never find two people who are perfectly equal: one will always be more valuable than the other. And many people, as a matter of fact, simply have no value. ↗

— Pentti Linkola

#misanthropy #overpopulation #equality

Disappointment is a sort of bankruptcy - the bankruptcy of a soul that expends too much in hope and expectation. ↗

— Eric Hoffer

#disappointment #expectation #hope #much #sort

Scratch any cynic and you will find a disappointed idealist. ↗

— George Carlin

#disillusionment #idealism #disappointment

If you're betrayed, release disappointment at once. By that way, the bitterness has no time to take root. ↗

— Toba Beta

#bitterness #disappointment #take-root #vengeance #disappointment

If you expect nothing, you can never be disappointed. ↗

— Tonya Hurley

#expectations #ghostgirl #disappointment

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens, tempers, intensifies, but never destroys it. ↗

— Eliza Tabor Stephenson

#disappointment

Never touch your idols: the gilding will stick to your fingers." (Il ne faut pas toucher aux idoles: la dorure en reste aux mains.) ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#disillusionment #gilding #idols #touch #disappointment

I'd rather be pleasantly surprised than fatally disappointed. ↗

— Julia Glass

#disappointment

As sure as water's wet and days are long and a friend will always disappoint you in the end. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

#harsh-truth #neil-gaiman #reality #disappointment

A pier is a disappointed bridge. ↗

— Julian Barnes

#disappointment