Quote by Ambrose Bierce
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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Prescription: A physicians guess at what will best prolong the situation with least harm to the patient. – Ambrose Bierce

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Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. – Jane Austen

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An optimist is merely an ex-pessimist with his pockets full of money, his digestion in good condition, and his wife in the country. – Helen Rowland

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Pessimists—Moral squinters, who, being incapable of a straightforward view, imagine that penetration is evinced by universal suspicion and mistrust. – Paul Chatfield

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