Quotes about Pessimism

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I wish to weepbut sorrow isstupid.I wish to believebut belief is agraveyard. — Charles Bukowski, What Matters Most is How Well You Walk Through the Fire
You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm. — Chuck Palahniuk
If children were brought into the world by an act of pure reason alone, would the human race continue to exist? Would no — Arthur Schopenhauer, Studies in Pessimism: The Essays
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. — Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down — Charlie Chaplin
A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it. — George Bernard Shaw
If you think this Universe is bad, you should see some of the others. — Philip K. Dick
I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fello — P.G. Wodehouse, Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest
When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse. — Robert Lynn Asprin
The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still wors — Arthur Schopenhauer, On the Suffering of the World
From a certain point onward there is no longer any turning back. — Franz Kafka
This city belongs to ghosts, to murderers, to sleepwalkers. Where are you, in what bed, in what dream? — Marguerite Yourcenar
See the moon? It hates us. — Donald Barthelme
In my heart's most secret place,I pity them as angels do. — Sara Teasdale
There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom l — Arthur Schopenhauer, The Wisdom of Life
For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this give — Arthur Schopenhauer
What is more, in fact, we very soon look upon the world as something whose non-existence is not only conceivable, but ev — Arthur Schopenhauer
In fact, the balance wheel which maintains in motion the watch of metaphysics that never runs down, is the clear knowled — Arthur Schopenhauer
অনেকগুলো শব্দ প্রথম দেখায় নেতিবাচক মনে হতে পারে, কিন্তু আসলে তা নয়। আবার কতকগুলোকে ইতিবাচক অর্থেই আমরা নিয়ে থাকি অর্থাৎ — মেহেরাব ইফতি
The worst thing in life is having parents that always stand against you and never with you. They discourage you, instill — Suzy Kassem, Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem