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n. The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.  |
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The glass is neither half empty nor half full. It is merely twice as large as it needs to be. — Unknown |
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I find nothing more depressing than optimism. — Paul Fussell |
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The place where optimism most flourishes is the lunatic asylum. — Havelock Ellis |
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The basis of optimism is sheer terror. — Oscar Wilde |
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[Optimism] is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile. Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof – an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death. It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious. — Ambrose Bierce |
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