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• What passes for optimism is most often the effect of an intellectual error.
  -- Raymond Aron, "The Opium of the Intellectual...
• Racism is the snobbery of the poor. -- Raymond Aro
• Optimism is an intellectual choice -- Diana Schneide
• Reality is always more conservative than ideology. -- Raymond Aro
• Optimism, n: The belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly, good, bad, and everything right that is wrong.
  It is held with greatest tenacity by those accustomed to falling into adversity, and most acceptably expounded with the grin that apes a smile....
• OPTIMISM, n. 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....
• What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency.
• Intellectuals are the most intolerant of all people. -- Paul Duncu