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    A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.

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I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will

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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

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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.

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Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the read more

Pessimists are the people who have no hope for themselves or for others. Pessimists are also people who think the human race is beneath their notice, that they're better than other human beings.

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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

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Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power

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The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose

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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.

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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.

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