Quote#Happiness
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he
Quote byGeorge Granville · 1666–1735
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: "Epistle to Mrs. Elizabeth Higgons" (1690), line 79, in The Genuine Works in Verse and Prose, Vol. I (London: J. and R. Tonson, 1736), p. 23..
English (original)
Happy the man, of mortals happiest he, Whose quiet mind from vain desires is free; Whom neither hopes deceive, nor fears torment, But lives at peace, within himself content; In thought, or act, accountable to none But to himself, and to the gods alone.
— George Granville
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