'Twixt the optimist and pessimist
The difference is droll:
The optimist sees the doughnut
But the pessimist sees the hole.


Optimist and Pessimist (c.1915)

McLandburgh Wilson Quotes

'Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole.

'Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole.

'Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole.

'Twixt the optimist and pessimist The difference is droll: The optimist sees the doughnut But the pessimist sees the hole.