Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
Only the weak are cruel. Gentleness can only be expected from the strong.
Men expect too much, do too little.
What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.
When you are desperate to get someone who isn't all that interested in you, you lay siege as hard as you can.
It is a characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.
Where love is concerned, too much is not even enough.
Sometimes you have to be cruel... in order to be even crueler.
It is better to do too much than to do too little.
One promises much, to avoid giving little.