Hope for the best.
Expect the worst.
The world’s a stage.
We’re unrehearsed.
Mel Brooks (b. 1926) American comedic actor, writer, producer [b. Melvyn Kaminsky]
The Twelve Chairs, “Hope for the Best, Expect the Worst” (1970)
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(Source (Audio)). More information on composition of the song here and here.
See Cicero (44 BC), Shakespeare (1599), Heywood (1612), Billings (1877), O'Casey (c. 1940), Watterson (1993).



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