„Boldog az az ember, aki nem vár el semmit, mert soha nem fog csalódni.”
Eredeti
Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed
Letter, written in collaboration with John Gay, to William Fortescue (23 September 1725).
A similar remark was made in a letter to John Gay (16 October 1727): "I have many years magnify'd in my own mind, and repeated to you a ninth Beatitude, added to the eight in the Scripture: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed."
Változat: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Kontextus: "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 7
1688–1744Hasonló idézetek
„Ha egy boldog embert megkérdezel: Miért vagy boldog?”
nem tud felelni rá. Ha már mond valamit, nem igazán boldog! (...) Egy igazán boldog, ha egyáltalán felelni tud az értelmetlen kérdésre, azt mondja: "Csak!"
Híresebb idézetei