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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism. - Arnold Bennett (Enoch Arnold Bennett) A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. - Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (3) Pessimism is a waste of time. - Norman Cousins 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 I've never seen a monument erected to a pessimist. - Paul Harvey Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power. - William James Do you know what a pessimist is? A man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. - George Bernard Shaw, An Unsocial Socialist
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