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

Quote by Don Marquis

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There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

There is luxury in self-reproach. When we blame ourselves, we feel no one else has...

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue.

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

Every cloud has its silver lining but it is sometimes a little difficult to get...

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

Blood will tell, but often it tells too much.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

The art of newspaper paragraphing is to stroke a platitude until it purrs like an...

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

I have often noticed that ancestors never boast of the descendants who boast of ancestors....

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Some persons are likeable in spite of their unswerving integrity.

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Did you ever notice that when a politician does get an idea he usually gets...

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

An idea isn't responsible for the people who believe in it.

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

By the time a bartender knows what drink a man will have before he orders,...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

The trouble with the public is that there is too much of it; what we...

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

It takes all sorts of people to make the underworld.

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

Successful people are the ones who think up things for the rest of the world...

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Although nature commences with reason and ends in experience it is necessary for us to...

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and...

Life is filled with so many exciting twists and turns. Hop off the straight and...

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good...

An optimist is a man who sees everything half as bad and twice as good...