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«Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.»
Author: Arnold Bennett | About: Pessimism | Keywords: agreeable, pessimism
«Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom»
Author: Bernard De Voto | About: Pessimism | Keywords: nerves, pessimism, The name
«Pessimism is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed. Having reckoned what to do in the worst possible circumstances, when better arise, as they may, life becomes child's play.»
Author: Thomas Hardy (Novelist, Poet) | About: Pessimism | Keywords: arise, brief, disappointed, do in, in brief, pessimism, reckoned, reckons
«Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.»
Author: Bill Clinton (President) | About: Pessimism | Keywords: excuse, guarantee, pessimism
«Pessimism never won any battle.»
Author: Dwight David Eisenhower (President) | About: Pessimism | Keywords: pessimism
«Pessimism is as American as apple pie-frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.»
Author: George F. Will | About: Pessimism | Keywords: apple pie, cheese, frozen, PIE, processed, processed cheese, slice
«Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.»
Author: Oscar Wilde (Critic, Dramatist, Novelist, Poet) | About: Pessimism | Keywords: both, by choice, choice, Choicer, chooses, choose up, evils, has, most evil, Much Evil, one, pessimist, Pessimists, The Other Two, two, twos, two way, when, WHO
«Pessimism is a very easy way out when you're considering what life really is, because pessimism is a short view of life - If you take a long view, I do not see how you can be pessimistic about the future of man or the future of the world»
Author: Robertson Davies (Author, Journalist) | About: Life, Pessimism | Keywords: pessimistic, way out
«Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power»
Author: William James (Philosopher, Psychologist) | About: Optimism, Pessimism | Keywords: optimism, pessimism, weakness
«Pessimism is a waste of time»
Author: Norman Cousins (Editor, Essayist) | About: Pessimism
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