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The habit of looking at the best side of any event is worth far more than a thousand pounds a year.
SAMUEL JOHNSON, quoted in A Dictionary of Terms, Phrases, and Quotations
Protracted optimism must eventually end in hopeless fatuity.
ABRAHAM MILLER, Unmoral Maxims
- Some murmur, when their sky is clear
- And wholly bright to view,
- If one small speck of dark appear
- In their great heaven of blue:
- And some with thankful love are filled,
- If but one streak of light,
- One ray of God's good mercy gild
- The darkness of their light.
RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, "Some Murmur"
Optimism is the content of small men in high places.
F. SCOTT FITZGERALD, Notebooks
I'm just saying when tragedy strikes, we have to look on the bright side. You know? Like how even used Mercedes still have leather seats.
CORDELIA, "Teacher's Pet," Buffy the Vampire Slayer
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