"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."

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"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

Pessimism, Cynicism, Disappointments

"Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Pessimism, Truth, Wisdom, Power, Inspirational

"I never said I was sad, I'm just pessimistic, said Alecto. "Expect the worst, that way you'll never be disappointed, Mandy Valems."

Rebecca McNutt, Canadian Author

Pessimism, Expectation, Defense, Humor

"Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."

Elias Canetti, Swiss Author

Pessimism, Right

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."

George Orwell, British Author

Pessimism, Hearing, Remarkable

"Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."

Herman Melville, American Novelist

Pessimism, World, Reality, Defiance

"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations."

Gordon B. Hinckley, American Clergyman

Pessimism, Criticism, Defeat, Nations

"A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Pessimism, Humanity, Hatred, Emotion

"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."

Golda Meir, Israeli Leader

Pessimism, Luxury

"I cannot here withhold the statement that optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to be not merely an absurd, but also a really wicked, way of thinking, a bitter mockery of the most unspeakable sufferings of mankind."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Pessimism, Optimism, Morality, Reality

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"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."

"Seeing the glass as half empty is more positive than seeing it as half full. Through such a lens the only choice is to pour more. That is righteous pessimism."

"I never said I was sad, I'm just pessimistic, said Alecto. "Expect the worst, that way you'll never be disappointed, Mandy Valems."

"Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous."

"The nationalist not only does not disapprove of atrocities committed by his own side, but he has a remarkable capacity for not even hearing about them."

"Thought he, it's a wicked world in all meridians; I'll die a pagan."

"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations."

"A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it."

"Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself."

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"An omnipotent God is the only being with no reason to lie."

"If success is a habit, it is a hard one to acquire."

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"To understand someone, find out how he spends his money."

"The only peace is being out of earshot."

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