The Devil's Dictionary: Pessimism

Updated May 14, 2020 | Infoplease Staff
by Ambrose Bierce
PERSEVERANCE
PHILANTHROPIST

PESSIMISM

-n.

A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile.

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