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I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half- empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.
Janeane Garofalo
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A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.
Jack Cleary
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The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose
Kahlil Gibran
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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 too little
Mark Twain
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In the long run the pessimist may be proved right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
Daniel L. Reardon
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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.
Ambrose Bierce
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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.
James Baldwin
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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.
Thomas Hardy
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In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.
Daniel Readon
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The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.
Agnes Repplier
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