Quote#Humour & Wit
"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be…
Quote byAlexander Pope · 1688–1744
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter, written in collaboration with John Gay, to William Fortescue (23 September 1725)..
English (original)
"Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed" was the ninth Beatitude which a man of wit (who, like a man of wit, was a long time in gaol) added to the eighth.
— Alexander Pope
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