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Optimism

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

"Optimism: The doctrine that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong. ... It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious." ~Ambrose Bierce

An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. * H. L. Mencken