Quote #26

'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.

More from Alexander Pope

  1. Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear.
  2. Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long Absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: Absence does but hold…
  3. Such were the notes thy once lov'd poet sung, Till death untimely stopp'd his tuneful tongue.
  4. The saint sustain'd it, but the woman died.
  5. Who ne'er knew joy but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
  6. Good God! how often are we to die before we go quite off this stage? in every friend we lose a part of ourselves, and the best part.
  7. Luxurious lobster-nights, farewell, For sober, studious days!
  8. Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit, a Man; Simplicity, a Child.

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