Mary Shelley — "Truly disappointment is the guardian deity of human life; she sits at the thresh…"
Truly disappointment is the guardian deity of human life; she sits at the threshold of unborn time, and marshals the events as they come forth.
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The Last Man, personifying disappointment as a powerful, ever-present force in human existence.
Date: 1826
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