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Quotes about Optimism

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Ambrose Bierce
(1842 - 1914)
Optimism, n. The doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including the ugly.
Don MarquisAn optimist is a man who has never had much experience.
Henry Havelock EllisThe place where optimism flourishes most is the lunatic asylum.
Laurence J. Peter
(1919 - 1990)
An optimist is one who makes the best of it when he gets the worst of it.
Oscar Wilde
(1854 - 1900)
The basis for optimism is sheer terror.
Ronnie ShakesI was going to buy a copy of The Power of Positive Thinking, and then I thought: What the hell good would that do?
VoltaireOptimism is the madness of maintaining that everything is right when it is wrong.
Winston Churchill
(1874 - 1965)
For myself I am an optimist. It does not seem to be much use being anything else.
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