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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.
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.
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows read more
The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it, he knows too little.
How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?
How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right?
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.
Pessimism never won any battle.
Pessimism never won any battle.
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
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
