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Optimism

«The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true.»
«The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser - in case you thought optimism was dead.»
«The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change; the realist adjusts the sails.»
«The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to h»
«There are grounds for cautious optimism that we may now be near the end ofthe search for the ultimate laws of nature.»
«The most positive men are the most credulous.»
Author: Alexander Pope (Poet) | About: Optimism, Positive thinking | Keywords: credulous
«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»
«There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist»
«The basis of optimism is sheer terror.»

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