Alexander Pope: "Blessed is he who expects nothing for…"

UNVERIFIED

知足者常乐，不期待什么，便不会失望。

Unverified

We haven't checked the source or attribution.

Our editorial team hasn't reviewed this quote yet, so neither its source nor its attribution has been confirmed. Treat it as unverified for now.

Translations

MORE QUOTES BY Alexander Pope

“A wit's a feather, and a chief a rod”

Alexander Pope

“Words are like leaves and where they most abound much fruit of sense beneath is rarely found”

“What can ennoble sots or slaves or cowards?”

“To err is human to forgive divine”

FEATURED QUOTES

“When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off agains...”

“Be humble. Be hungry. And always be the hardest worker in the room.”

“Going in one more round when you don’t think you can, that’s what makes all the differ...”

“If you hear a voice within you say "you cannot paint," then by all means paint and that vo...”

“I like to use the hard times of the past to motivate me today.”

“If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, no...”

“The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today”

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles...”

“Begin by seizing something which your opponent holds dear; then he will be amenable to your will.”

“I didn't come this far to only come this far, so we've still got further to go”