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Pessimism, when you get used to it, is just as agreeable as optimism.

The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds.The pessimist fears it is true.

A pessimist asked God for relief. "Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness," said God. "No," replied the petitioner, "I wish you to create something that would justify them." "The world is all created," said God, "but you have overlooked something - the mortality of the optimist.

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

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.

No good deed goes unpunished.

If you pray for rain, don't be surprised if you're struck by lightning.

Pessimism never won any battle.

I guess I just prefer to see the dark side of things. The glass is always half- empty. And cracked. And I just cut my lip on it. And chipped a tooth.

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 becomes child's play.

If we see light at the end of the tunnel, it the light of the oncoming train.

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.

In the long run, the pessimist may be proven right, but the optimist has a better time on the trip.

The pessimist is seldom an agitating individual. His creed breeds indifference to others, and he does not trouble himself to thrust his views upon the unconvinced.

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

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

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

My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.

A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better.

Cheer up, the worst is yet to come.