Twixt the optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut
But the pessimist sees the hole.
-- McLandburgh Wilson, Optimist and Pessimist
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut
But the pessimist sees the hole.
-- McLandburgh Wilson, Optimist and Pessimist
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