Oscar Wilde Quotes About Optimism
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If you pretend to be good, the world takes you very seriously. If you pretend to be bad, it doesn't. Such is the astounding stupidity of optimism.
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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The reason we all like to think so well of others is that we are all afraid for ourselves. The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
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An optimist will tell you the glass is half-full; the pessimist, half-empty; and the engineer will tell you the glass is twice the size it needs to be.
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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
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The optimist sees the donut, the pessimist sees the hole.
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We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!
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A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when opportunity knocks.
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