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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

8528 Plautus 254-184 BC John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:8528
AUTHOR:Plautus (c. 254–184 B.C.)
QUOTATION:Things which you do not hope happen more frequently than things which you do hope. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Mostellaria. Act i. Sc. 3, 40. (197.)
 
Note 1.
The unexpected always happens.—A common proverb. [back]