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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.
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The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.
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Americans want action for their money. They are fascinated by its self-reproducing qualities if it's put to work. Gold-hoarding goes against the American grain; it fits in better with European pessimism than with America's traditional optimism.
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I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
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Much pessimism is caused by ascribing to others the feelings you would feel if you were in their place.
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My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist - a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist - only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.
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Optimism may sometimes be delusional, but pessimism is always delusional.
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Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.
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Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.
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Pessimism is an excuse for not trying and a guarantee to a personal failure.
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Pessimism is as American as apple pie. Frozen apple pie with a slice of processed cheese.
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Pessimism is reactionary because it makes the very idea of improving the world impossible.
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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.
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Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.
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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.
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The most profilic period of pessimism comes at twenty-one, or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality.
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