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Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes: I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.
         

I came to the conclusion that the optimist thought everything good except the pessimist, and that the pessimist thought everything bad, except himself.


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