Quotes About Pessimism

Only one endowed with restless vitality is susceptible to pessimism. You become a pessimist—a demonic, elemental, bestial pessimist—only when life has been defeated many times in its fight against depression.

Sunt prea trist spre a fi n?scut pentru iubire!

Frivolous, disconnected, an amateur at everything, I shall have known thoroughly only the disadvantage of having been born.

Românul îÅŸi zeflemiseÅŸte propria lui condiÅ£ie ÅŸi se risipeÅŸte într-o autoironie facil? ÅŸi steril?.

The pessimist has to invent new reasons to exist every day: he is a victim of the "meaning" of life.

Cerul senin ne oblig? la mai multe întrist?ri decât cel cenuÈ™iu, c?ci ne pune în faÈ›a prea multor speranÈ›e la care n-avem curajul pe când ultimul ne îngroap? f?r? speranÈ›e.

Unlike Job, I have not cursed the day I was born; all the other days, on the contrary, I have covered with my anathemas. …

Fara erori, viata e un bulevard desert prin care evoluezi ca peripatetician al tristetii.

If just once you were depressed for no reason, you have been so all your life without knowing

S'il n'avait gardé une dernière illusion, je me réclamerais volontiers d'Omar Khayyam, de ses tristesses sans réplique; mais il croyait encore au vin.

Ma vision de l'avenir est si précise que, si j'avais des enfants, je les étranglerais sur l'heure.

Am împins pân? la viciu vocaÅ£ia tristeÅ£ii.

Her insan?n içinde bir peygamber uyuklar ve o uyand???nda, dünyadaki kötülük biraz daha artar...

As the years accumulate, we form an increasingly somber image of the future.

No need to elaborate works

As a general rule, men expect disappointment:

My faculty for disappointment surpasses understanding.

todos los males de la vida vienen de una «concepción de la vida».

Ne se suicident que les optimistes qui ne peuvent plus l'être. Les autres, n'ayant aucune raison de vivre, pourquoi en auraient-ils de mourir ?

Usted puede ser tan pesimista, o en su defecto tan existencialista como quiera. Sin embargo también se ha enamorado. Cómo cualquier idiota.

When there is no hope in the future, the present appears atrociously bitter.

If only media people would stop reaching for the low-hanging fruit, which is cynicism and pessimism, and stopped trying so hard to be hip and cool and have a swagger.

This is why you should never, ever get your hopes up. This is why you should see the glass as half empty. So when the whole thing spills, you aren't as devastated.

Pessimism is a primary source of passivity,