Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom. – Bernard De Voto

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Wisdom
category

Deep doubts, deep wisdom; small doubts, little wisdom. – Chinese Proverb

Category:
Wisdom

When I wrote Living in the Light, I wanted to share about how I live my own life and to encourage people to tap into their own inner wisdom. – Shakti Gawain

Category:
Wisdom

Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. – John Updike

Category:
Wisdom

The left has come to regard common sense – the traditional wisdom and folkways of the community – as an obstacle to progress and enlightenment. – Christopher Lasch

Category:
Wisdom

Random Quotes

The truest expression of a people is in its dance and in its music. Bodies never lie. – Agnes de Mille

Category:
Dancing

I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active – not more happy – nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago. – Edgar Allan Poe

Category:
Faith

Tragedy is like strong acid – it dissolves away all but the very gold of truth. – David Herbert Lawrence

Category:
Truth

I like so much wearing heels, legs look so much better, everything looks better. But its only recently Ive had the courage to do that. – Blanka Vlasic

Category:
Courage