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“For the safest way of not being very miserable is not to expect to be very happy.”
- Source
- Counsels and Maxims
- Date
- 1851
- English wording
- T. Bailey Saunders — Translator · from German
Meaning of “For the safest way of not being very…”
Lowering unrealistic expectations can reduce avoidable disappointment, though the maxim deliberately sets a restrained rather than exuberant ideal of happiness.
Where does it come from?
Counsels and Maxims, opening general rules on happiness and avoiding unnecessary suffering.
