Quotes about Pessimism

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A pessimist is one who has been compelled to live with an optimist. — Elbert Hubbard
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. — Elbert Hubbard
When it is dark enough you can see the stars. — Charles A. Beard
There is not enough darkness in all the world to put out the light of even one small candle. — Robert Alden
When things come to the worst they generally mend. — Susanna Moodie
The optimist claims we live in the best of all possible worlds and the pessimist fears this is true. — James Branch Cabell
Still round the corner there may wait a new road or a secret gate. — J. R. R. Tolkien
When Fortune empties her chamberpot on your head smile and say 'We are going to have a summer shower.' — John A. Macdonald
The world gets better every day - then worse again in the evening. — Kin Hubbard
A man he seems of cheerful yesterdays And confident tomorrows. — William Wordsworth
There is a budding morrow in midnight. — John Keats
A pessimist is one who feels bad when he feels good for fear he'll feel worse when he feels better. — Anonymous
How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy. — Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach
A pessimist? A man who thinks everybody as nasty as himself and hates them for it. — George Bernard Shaw
Did not one spend the first half of one's days in dreams of happiness and the second half in regrets and terrors? — Émile Zola, The Joy of Life
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism. — Ian Mcewan