Quote by Heywood Broun
The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or there

The most prolific period of pessimism comes at twenty-one or thereabouts, when the first attempt is made to translate dreams into reality. – Heywood Broun

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Except that right side up is best, there is not much to learn about holding a baby. There are one hundred and fifty-two distinctly different ways –and all are right! At least all will do. – Heywood Broun

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Baby, Babies
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Hell is paved with great granite blocks hewn from the hearts of those who said, I can do no other. – Heywood Broun

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Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist –a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist –only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression. – E. M. Cioran

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Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous. – Elias Canetti

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What annoyances are more painful than those of which we cannot complain? – Marquis De Custine

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Optimism doesnt wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time. – Norman Cousins

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