#pessimism

"There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies in wait for him at every corner. Nay more; it is evil which generally has the upper hand, and folly that makes the most noise. Fate is cruel and mankind pitiable."

"Death, my son, is a good thing for all men; it is the night for this worried day that we call life. It is in the sleep of death that finds rest for eternity the sickness, pain, desperation, and the fears that agitate, without end, we unhappy living souls."

"Happiness is always a by-product. It is probably a matter of temperament, and for anything I know it may be glandular. But it is not something that can be demanded from life, and if you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness."

"This city belongs to ghosts, to murderers, to sleepwalkers. Where are you, in what bed, in what dream?"

"Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold;Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world,The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhereThe ceremony of innocence is drowned;The best lack all conviction, while the worstAre full of passionate intensity."

"The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true."

"A pessimist is a man who thinks everybody is as nasty as himself, and hates them for it."

"The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than yourself; and this is a form of consolation open to every one. But what an awful fate this means for mankind as a whole! We are like lambs in a field, disporting themselves under the eye of the butcher, who chooses out first one and then another for his prey."

"You'll never find a rainbow if you're looking down"

"I'm not absolutely certain of the facts, but I rather fancy it's Shakespeare who says that it's always just when a fellow is feeling particularly braced with things in general that Fate sneaks up behind him with the bit of lead piping."

"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars."

"In my heart's most secret place,I pity them as angels do."

"When asked if I am pessimistic or optimistic about the future, my answer is always the same: if you look at the science about what is happening on earth and aren't pessimistic, you don't understand the data. But if you meet the people who are working to restore this earth and the lives of the poor, and you aren't optimistic, you haven't got a pulse."

"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty."

"But when nothing in your life happens in a positive frame, it is difficult to think positively and hope for the best."

"Some people grumble that roses have thorns; I am grateful that thorns have roses."

"I have a pretty large experience of boys, and you're a bad set of fellows. Now mind!"

"I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."

"When things are at their blackest, I say to myself, 'Cheer up, things could be worse.' And sure enough, they get worse."

"You know how both life and porno movies end. The only difference is life starts with the orgasm."