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Pessimism (or rather what is called such) is, in brief, playing the sure game. You cannot lose at it; you may gain. It is the only view of life in which you can never be disappointed.

Thomas Hardy

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Hardy, Thomas. Notebook entry. 1 Jan. 1902.

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Hardy, Thomas. Quoted in The Poetry of Thomas Hardy: A Handbook and Commentary, written by J. O. Bailey. UNC Press Books, 2018.

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Cheer up—the worst is yet to come.

Mark Twain

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Twain, Mark. Letter to Olivia Clemens. 19 Apr. 1894.

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There are moments when everything goes well; don't be frightened, it won't last.

Jules Renard

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Renard, Jules. Journal entry. 31 Oct. 1908.

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Renard, Jules. The Journal of Jules Renard, edited and translated by Louise Bogan and Elizabeth Roget. Tin House Books, 2017.

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A propensity to hope and joy is real riches: One to fear and sorrow, real poverty.

David Hume

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Hume, David. "The Sceptic." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary. Edinburgh: A. Kincaid, 1758, pt. 1, no. 18.

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Hume, David. "The Sceptic." Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary: Volumes 1 and 2, edited by Tom L. Beauchamp and Mark A Box. Oxford University Press, 2022, pt. 1, no. 18.

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When I buy a new book, I read the last page first. That way, in case I die before I finish, I know how it ends. That, my friend, is a dark side.

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When Harry Met Sally... Directed by Rob Reiner, Nelson Entertainment/Castle Rock Entertainment, 1989.

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That which is crooked cannot be made straight: and that which is wanting cannot be numbered.

Ecclesiastes 1:15

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:15).

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I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin.

Leonard Cohen

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Cohen, Leonard. Quoted in "The Joking Troubadour of Gloom." The Daily Telegraph, 26 Apr. 1993.

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Some people ask, "What if the sky were to fall?"

Terence

The Self-Tormentor

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Terence. Heauton Timorumenos [The Self-Tormentor]. c. 163 BC, act 4, sc. 3.

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Terence. "The Self-Tormentor." The Comedies, translated by Betty Radice. Penguin Classics, 1976.

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I have seen all the works that are done under the sun; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.

Ecclesiastes 1:14

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The Holy Bible: The King James Version. 1611. (Ecclesiastes 1:14).

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I have tried too in my time to be a philosopher; but, I don't know how, cheerfulness was always breaking in.

Oliver Edwards

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Quoted in The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, by James Boswell

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Edwards, Oliver. Quoted in journal entry, written by James Boswell. 17 Apr. 1778.

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Edwards, Oliver. Quoted in Life of Samuel Johnson. Written by James Boswell, edited by David Womersley. Penguin Classics, 2008.

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Life is an incurable disease.

Abraham Cowley

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Cowley, Abraham. "To Dr Scarborough." Poems written by A. Cowley. London: Humphrey Moseley, 1656, st. 6.

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