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."
Varianta: Blessed is he who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Kontext: "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.
„Od človeka, ktorý nie je ani dobrý, ani zlý, nemožno nikdy nič očakávať, ale všetkého sa obávať.“
„Čo očakávate, človek je čím je, aspoň z časti.“
„Láska k sebe samému má tú výhodu, že aj keď sa takýto človek sklame, nerozchádza sa.“
„Boh stvoril človeka, pretože ho sklamali opice. Potom sa vzdal ďalších experimentov.“
„Keď chceš milovať, miluj človeka, ale ak očakávaš vernosť, kúp si radšej psa.“
