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Definition of Optimism

Opposition
Opposition
  OPTIMISM   noun
The doctrine, or belief, that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, everything good, especially the bad, and everything right that is wrong.  It is held with greatest tenacity by those most accustomed to the mischance of falling into adversity, and is most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile.  Being a blind faith, it is inaccessible to the light of disproof -- an intellectual disorder, yielding to no treatment but death.  It is hereditary, but fortunately not contagious.
 

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The Devil's Dictionary
by Ambrose Bierce, 1911

Optimist
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Last updated: 9/3/2011 12:48:30