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悲观主义
Pessimism
One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
一个人必须有悲观的勇气。
Pessimism leads to weakness, optimism to power.
悲观导致软弱，乐观导致力量。
Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.
悲观主义只是胆小的人给智慧取的名字。
Pessimist: one who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
悲观主义者:当他可以从两种罪恶中选择时，他选择了两者。
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will.
我是一个因为智慧而悲观的人，但我是一个因为意志而乐观的人。
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
我的悲观主义到了怀疑悲观主义者的真诚的地步。
When a country is strong... it accepts any dose of pessimism from its writers.
当一个国家强大时……它接受作者的任何悲观论调。
Younger people have so many opportunities. I don't see any pessimism among them.
年轻人有很多机会。我不认为他们有任何悲观情绪。
Optimism doesn't wait on facts. It deals with prospects. Pessimism is a waste of time.
乐观不依赖事实。它处理的是前景。悲观是浪费时间。
I have had dreams and I have had nightmares, but I have conquered my nightmares because of my dreams.
我做过梦，也做过噩梦，但是因为我的梦想，我战胜了我的噩梦。
An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
乐观的人也许能在没有希望的地方看到希望，但为什么悲观的人总要跑去把它吹灭呢?
If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?
如果悲观是绝望，乐观就是懦弱和愚蠢。有必要在他们之间做出选择吗?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just when things look darkest, they go black."
有两个纽曼定律。第一个是“当你倒着的时候，踩刹车是没有用的。”第二个是“当事情看起来最黑暗的时候，它们就会变黑。”
Not to be born is best, but having seen the light, the next best is to go whence one came as soon as may be.
不是生下来最好，而是见过光，其次最好的是尽快去你来的地方。
Pessimism and optimism are slammed up against each other in my records, the tension between them is where it's all at, it's what lights the fire.
在我的记录中，悲观主义和乐观主义是相互猛烈抨击的，它们之间的紧张关系是问题所在，是点燃火焰的东西。
An optimist is a person who sees a green light everywhere, while a pessimist sees only the red stoplight... the truly wise person is colorblind.
乐观的人看到到处都是绿灯，而悲观的人只看到红灯。真正聪明的人是色盲。
Winning is not a sometime thing; it's an all time thing. You don't win once in a while, you don't do things right once in a while, you do them right all the time. Winning is habit. Unfortunately, so is losing.
胜利不是一时的事;这是一个全天候的事情。你不会偶尔获胜，你不会偶尔把事情做对，你会一直把事情做好。胜利是习惯。不幸的是，失败也是如此。
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
悲观主义者从每一个机会中看到困难;乐观的人在每个困难中都能看到机会。