"It is better to disappoint people with the truth than to appease them with a lie."
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"Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most."
"I don't want to disappoint - that's a nightmare to me."
"You can't fulfill all the expectations of everyone you know, so you might as well go ahead & disappoint them & get it over with."
"Your experiences will be yours alone. But truth and best friendship will rarely if ever disappoint you."
"People or stars Regard me sadly, I disappoint them."
"Pleasure disappoints; possibility never."
"Do not EXPECT troubles as they have a tendency not to disappoint."
"We are deceived by promises and time disappoints us."
"I will not fail, I will not disappoint you, I will not let you down."
"Disappoint anyone… hell, disappoint everyone – but don’t ever disappoint yourself."
"Everyone you trust, everyone you think you can count on, will eventually disappoint you."
"Some promises and time disappoint us"
"Was it possible in any relationship to not disappoint, to do anything more than only briefly rekindle the initial fatal illusion?"