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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Jealous, adj. Unduly concerned about the preservation of that which can be lost only if not worth keeping. – Ambrose Bierce

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Marriage, n: The state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two. – Ambrose Bierce

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The realist sees reality as concrete. The optimist sees reality as clay. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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When you have seven percent unemployed, you have ninety-three percent working. – John Fitzgerald Kennedy

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Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. – Oscar Wilde

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How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? – Robert Mallett, Apostilles, 1972

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Your religion is what you do when the sermon is over. – Quoted in P.S. I Love You, compiled by H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion. – Steve Biko

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In art as in love, instinct is enough. – Anatole France

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To say yes, you have to sweat and roll up your sleeves and plunge both hands into life up to the elbows. It is easy to say no, even if saying no means death. – Jean Anouilh, Antigone, 1942

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