Proverbs, aphorisms, quotations (English) | by Linux fortune |
Lunatic Asylum, n.: The place where optimism most flourishes. | |
Optimism, n.: The belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, good, bad, and everything right that is wrong. It is held with greatest tenacity by those accustomed to falling into adversity, and 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 not contagious. | |
What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error. -- Raymond Aron, "The Opium of the Intellectuals" | |
Optimism is the content of small men in high places. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack Up" | |
Optimism is the content of small men in high places. -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, "The Crack Up" |