But a sanguine temper, though for ever expecting more good than occurs, does not always pay for its hopes by any proportionate depression. it soon flies over the present failure, and begins to hope again.

Jane Austen
About This Quote

This quote is about having a good attitude. The person who has a sanguine temper doesn't always pay for his hopes by the decline in happiness, because he is expecting good results. He expects good things to happen and he thinks that whatever bad things happen are minor, so he doesn't pay attention to them.

Source: Emma

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