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A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself.

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George Bernard Shaw

WriterIrish1856 · 19th century

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A pessimist is one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

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PoetIrish1854 · 19th century

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I doubt anyone will ever see - anywhere - a memorial to a pessimist.

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It is wisdom in prosperity, when all is as thou wouldn't have it, to fear and suspect the worst.

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Erasmus of Rotterdam

TheologianDutch1466 · 15th century

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Man, at least when educated, is a pessimist. He believes it safer not to reflect on his achievements; Jove is known to strike such people down.

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John Kenneth Galbraith

EconomistAmerican1908 · 20th century

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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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PhilosopherRomanian1911 · 20th century

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerve give to wisdom.

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WriterAmerican1835 · 19th century

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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 be

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Thomas H. Huxley

ScientistEnglish1825 · 19th century

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Pessimism never won any battle.

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Dwight D. Eisenhower

PoliticianAmerican1890 · 19th century

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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.

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WriterAmerican1924 · 20th century

3.6 · 64 votes

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