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Pessimism Quotes

"Our worst misfortunes never happen and most miseries lie in anticipation"
Honore de Balzac
"One has to have the courage of one's pessimism"
Ian McEwan
"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails."
William Arthur Ward
"You're on earth. There's no cure for that."
Samuel Beckett
"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself"
Golda Meir
"I assume everything I do in life is gonna be a failure, and then if it turns up roses, then I'm psyched"
Jonah Hill
"I'd hate to die twice. It's so boring"
richard feynman
"People are always shouting they want to create a better future. It's not true. The future is an apathetic void of no interest to anyone"
Jose Saramago
"Reality continues to ruin my life"
Bill Watterson
"I am an optimist, even though I am not daunted by the contradictions and the nightmare future that is emerging."
Alice Walker
"There is no sadder thing than a young pessimist"
Mark Twain
"When you feel that something will happen in the worst way but it does anyway, that's kind of the story of my whole life"
Lana Del Rey
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
Bill Vaughan
"Yesterday I was a dog Today I'm a dog Tomorrow I'll probably still be a dog Sigh! There's so little hope for advancement"
Bil Keane
"The difference between hope and despair is a different way of telling stories from the same facts "
Alain de Botton
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