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An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. -

An optimist is a proponent of the doctrine that black is white. – Ambrose Bierce

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Mammals: a family of vertebrate animals whose females in a state of nature suckle their young, but when civilized and enlightened put them out to nurse, or use the bottle. – Ambrose Bierce

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It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better. – Ambrose Bierce

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The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. – Havelock Ellis, The Dance of Life, 1923

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A man who calls bullshit fertilizer. – Frank Dane

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