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"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."
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"The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions."
Being
"I don't judge a regime by the damning criticism of the opposition, but by the ingenuous praise of the partisan."
Criticism
"The ideal, without doubt, varies, but its enemies, alas, are always the same."
Doubt
"One must either take an interest in the human situation or else parade before the void."
Interest
"Nothing leads the scientist so astray as a premature truth."
Truth
"I think I am one of those who can manage not to take on a completely different appearance under their own glance."
Appearance
"Already at the origin of the species man was equal to what he was destined to become."
Man
"My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists."
Pessimism
"It may offend us to hear our own thoughts expressed by others: we are not sure enough of their souls."
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"God, that dumping ground of our dreams."
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"If you believe the world is conspiring against you it will just do that, you will help on by your pessimism action to prove you are right."
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"A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it."
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"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."
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"Cynicism is full of naive disappointments."
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"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."
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"Pessimism never won any battle."
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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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"Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations."
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"I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left."
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"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."
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