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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Faith: Belief without evidence in what is told by one who speaks without knowledge, of things without parallel. – Ambrose Bierce

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Vote: the instrument and symbol of a freemans power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country. – Ambrose Bierce

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power
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It can be said of optimism that while sometimes mistaken, it is never sadly mistaken. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true. – James Branch Cabell, The Silver Stallion, 1926

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My optimism wears heavy boots and is loud. – Henry Rollins

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Optimist: “Okay, we all realize that the situation is temporarily hopeless.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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The fire which enlightens is the same fire which consumes. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have. – Walter Pater

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Ill be here in my home with three big screens. Ill be watching three games at a time, and when theyre over, Ill look at three more. – Hayden Fry

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Even when Im playing someone named Fat Amy, Im all about confidence and attitude. – Rebel Wilson

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