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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. - Mark Twain

There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist. – Mark Twain

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God made the Idiot for practice, and then He made the School Board. – Mark Twain

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One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives. – Mark Twain

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It is in the heart that the values lie. I wish I could make him understand that a loving heart is riches, and riches enough, and that without it intellect is poverty. – Mark Twain

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Optimism
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The average pencil is seven inches long, with just a half-inch eraser — in case you thought optimism was dead. – Robert Brault

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Of course I look at the glass half full. The only time I would look at it half empty is when I think about how good the first half tasted. – Drew Deyoung

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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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The basis of optimism is sheer terror. – Oscar Wilde

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Romance, like the rabbit at the dog track, is the elusive, fake, and never attained reward which, for the benefit and amusement of our masters, keeps us running and thinking in safe circles. – Beverly Jones

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Obviously, losing a parent is very difficult. I miss my dad every day, but I know he would be proud to see me continuing to swim and going for another shot at the Olympics. – Eric Shanteau

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The American Constitution, one of the few modern political documents drawn up by men who were forced by the sternest circumstances to think out what they really had to face, instead of chopping logic in a university classroom. – George Bernard Shaw

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