An optimist may see a light where there is none, but why must the pessimist always run to blow it out?
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Nationality: French Type: Mathematician Born: March 31, 1596 Death: February 11, 1650 |
“Its highest point was The Worst Journey in the World. Then you see this decline, and this harking back, using the 19th-century form when we're not in the 19th century. That way of writing a book about the world out there - you just can't do it anymore.”