#pessimism

The optimist thinks that this is the best of all possible worlds; the pessimist knows it. ↗

— Julius Robert Oppenheimer

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One can only tolerate the absolute idiocy of Man for so long before bringing out the bat. ↗

— Dean Hale

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Pessimists are usually right and optimists are usually wrong but all the great changes have been accomplished by optimists. ↗

— Thomas L. Friedman

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Without the hope of posterity, for our race if not for ourselves, without the assurance that we being dead yet live, all pleasures of the mind and senses sometimes seem to me no more than pathetic and crumbling defences shored up against our ruin. ↗

— P.D. James

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There's probably a little greater case for pessimism than optimism. But I do not rule out optimism. ↗

— Jim Leach

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You know, the pessimism which exists now in the Middle East existed in Northern Ireland, but we stayed at it. ↗

— George J. Mitchell

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If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short. ↗

— Bernardin de Saint-Pierre

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Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective. ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

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If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them? ↗

— Francis Parker Yockey

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

— Arnold Bennett

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