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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

3813 Alexander Pope 1688-1744 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:3813
AUTHOR:Alexander Pope (1688–1744)
QUOTATION:Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed. 1
ATTRIBUTION:Letter to Gay, Oct. 6, 1727.
 
Note 1.
Pope calls this the eighth beatitude (Roscoe’s edition of Pope, vol. x. page 184). [back]
 


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