العالَمُ أمرٌ لا بدّ لنا أن نضحك منه أو نغضب عليه؛ فإن ضحكنا قالوا إننا متكبرون، وإن غضبنا قالوا إننا سيّئو الطباع.

“The world is a thing we must of necessity either laugh at or be angry at; if we laugh at it, they say we are proud; if we are angry at it, they say we are ill-natured.”Alexander Pope — The works of Alexander Pope. With a selection of explanatory notes, and the account of his life by dr. Johnson (1812)