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• PESSIMIST: A man who spends all his time worrying about how he can keep the wolf from the door.
  OPTIMIST: A man who refuses to see the wolf until he seizes the seat of his pants....
• pessimist: A man who spends all his time worrying about how he can keep the wolf from the door.
  optimist: A man who refuses to see the wolf until he seizes the seat of his pants....
• Memories keep the wolf of insignificance from the door.
• Nobody works as hard for his money as the man who marries it. -- Kin Hubbard
• Teach children to be polite and courteous in the home, and, when he grows up, he will never be able to edge his car onto a freeway.
• Willie in the cauldron fell; Willie saw some dynamite, See the grief on mother's brow
  Couldn't understand it quite; Mother loved her darling well -- Curiosity never pay...