Whereas contemporaries read only the optimist with enthusiasm, posterity rereads the pessimist with admiration.
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 463
Showing posts with label pessimism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label pessimism. Show all posts
March 5, 2011
October 17, 2010
#2,064
When events mistreat him, the pessimist invokes rights.
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 334
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 334
March 21, 2010
#760
With good humor and pessimism it is not possible to be either wrong or bored.
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 137
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 137
February 11, 2010
#369
The pessimists prophesy a future of rubble, but the optimistic prophets are even more horrifying when they proclaim the future city where baseness and boredom dwell, in intact beehives.
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 77
Escolios a un Texto Implícito: Selección, p. 77
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