Quotation by Shakespeare

In an early spring
We see th'appearing buds, which to prove fruit
Hope gives not so much warrant, as despair
That frosts will bite them.
William Shakespeare (1564–1616), British dramatist, poet. Lord Bardolph, in Henry IV, Part 2, act 1, sc. 3, l. 38-41.

Fear of a killing frost tends to outweigh hope for a plentiful crop.
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