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Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.
Pessimists are usually kind. The gay, bubbling over, have to time for the pitiful.
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose
The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose
No good deed goes unpunished.
No good deed goes unpunished.
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.
Always borrow money from a pessimist. He won’t expect it back.
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows read more
The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.
If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.