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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde
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Oscar Wilde
Irish
Dramatist
Born:
Oct 16
,
1854
Died:
Nov 30
,
1900
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
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I guess I am an optimist in a pessimist brain, if that makes any sense. I believe in the innate goodness of most people in this world, and yet I'm a damaged soul like many other people and have my own demons and things I struggle with.
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