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Pessimism Quotes - Page 4

Stop moping, sule, galladon said with a grunt.It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.

Stop moping, sule," galladon said with a grunt."It doesn't suit you-it takes a fine sense of pessimism to brood with any sort of respectability.

Brandon Sanderson
Suits You, Pessimism, Said
Brandon Sanderson (2011). “Elantris”, p.442, Hachette UK

This actual world of what is knowable, in which we are and which is in us, remains both the material and the limit of our consideration.

Arthur Schopenhauer
World, Limits, Pessimism
Arthur Schopenhauer (2012). “The World as Will and Representation”, p.273, Courier Corporation

Every human perfection is allied to a defect into which it threatens to pass, but it is also true that every defect is allied to a perfection.

Arthur Schopenhauer
Perfection, Pessimism, Defects
Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “On Human Nature: Top of Schopenhauer”, p.7, 谷月社

There is a misconception of tragedy with which I have been struck in review after review, and in many conversations with writers and readers alike. It is the idea that tragedy is of necessity allied to pessimism.

Arthur Miller
Ideas, Tragedy, Pessimism
Arthur Miller (2016). “The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller”, p.10, Bloomsbury Publishing

I really like dark music and darkness in general and cynicism and pessimism and negativity because it allows you to create an even bigger contrast.

Andrew W.K.
Dark, Negativity, Pessimism
Source: pitchfork.com

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