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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds, and the pessimist fears this is true. - James Branch Cabell A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (3) I find nothing more depressing than optimism. - Paul Fussell The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose. - Kahlil Gibran I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. - Antonio Gramsci Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. - William James Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world. - Grace Paley Man's real life is happy, chiefly because he is ever expecting that it soon will be so. - Edgar Allan Poe Optimistic lies have such immense therapeutic value that a doctor who cannot tell them convincingly has mistaken his profession. - George Bernard Shaw, Misalliance (preface) The basis for optimism is sheer terror. - Oscar Wilde (Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde) I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat. - Harold Wilson
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