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A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimist

A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists. – Don Marquis

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Of middle age the best that can be said is that a middle-aged person has likely learned how to have a little fun in spite of his troubles. – Don Marquis

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Don Marquis
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Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a mans hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with them. – Don Marquis

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I was so naive as a kid I used to sneak behind the barn and do nothing. – Johnny Carson

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