Hope is itself a species of happiness, and, perhaps, the chief happiness which this world affords: but, like all other pleasures immoderately enjoyed, the excesses of hope must be expiated by pain; and expectations improperly indulged must end in disappointment.
——Samuel Johnson (English poet, critic and writer, 1709-1784)
希望本身是一種幸福,或許還是這個世界所能給予的最大幸福;但是,如同其它無節制的快樂一樣,過度的希望只能帶來痛苦。沉溺于不恰當的期望,必然會以失望告終。
——塞繆爾·約翰遜(英國詩人、批評家、作家,1709-1784)
(中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯)