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Pessimism Quote by Mark Twain

“The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.” Mark Twain” quote by Mark Twain — Download Open image

““The man who is a pessimist before 48 knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little.” Mark Twain””

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When life hands you lemons, you squirt them in the eye, than yell that you wanted limes!

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

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I'm not cynical.

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More exposure leads to more judgment and negativity.

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In the end, the whole Internet thing kills me, because you can use it as a positive thing or you can read into all…

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“The mass of men have been forced to be gay about the little things, but sad about the big ones. Nevertheless (I offer my last dogma defiantly) it is not native to man to be so. Man is more himself, man is more manlike, when joy is the fundamental thing in him, and grief the superficial. Melancholy should be an…

G.K. Chesterton

“How little one is justified in speaking in this connection of "optimism" and "pessimism" and how much the characterization of liberalism as "optimistic" aims at surrounding it with an unfavorable aura by bringing in extrascientific, emotional considerations is best shown by the fact that one can, with as much justice, call those people "optimists" who are convinced that the construction…

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“She gave up trying to understand herself, and the vast armies of the benighted, who follow neither the heart nor the brain, and march to their destiny by catch-words. The armies are full of pleasant and pious folk. But they have yielded to the only enemy that matters — the enemy within. They have sinned against passion and truth, and…

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