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Letter "O" » optimist
«The optimist already sees the scar over the wound; the pessimist still sees the wound underneath the scar»
Author: Ernst Schroder
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already, optimist, pessimist, Pessimists, scar, scarred, sees, The Scar, underneath, wound, wounding
«The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.»
Author: J. Robert Oppenheimer
(Physicist)
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Funny,
Optimism
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best of all, optimist, pessimist, possible worlds, worlds
«The farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer.»
«The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.»
«The optimist sees the rose and not its thorns; the pessimist stares at the thorns, oblivious to the rose»
«The man who is a pessimist before forty-eight knows too much; if he is an optimist after it he knows too little»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Optimism,
Pessimism
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eight, forty, Forty eight, optimist, pessimist, too little
«There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist»
«Pessimist: The optimist who didn't arrive»
«The optimist lives on the peninsula of infinite possibilities; the pessimist is stranded on the island of perpetual indecision.»
Author: William Arthur Ward
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indecision, infinite, island, Islands of the, optimist, perpetual, pessimist, possibilities, stranded, the island, The Peninsula, The Strand
«The optimist pleasantly ponders how high his kite will fly; the pessimist woefully wonders how soon his kite will fall.»
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