I am an anarchist in politics and an impressionist in art as well as a symbolist in literature. Not that I understand what these terms mean, but I take them to be all merely synonyms of pessimist.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
A pessimist is a person who has had to listen to too many optimists.
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.
A pessimist? That's a person who has been intimately acquainted with an optimist.
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
We all agree that pessimism is a mark of superior intellect.
My pessimism goes to the point of suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist.
Pessimism of the spirit; optimism of the will.