“There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.”
Mark Twain (1835–1910) American author and humorist
Variant: There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
“Alas for the sight where, after dire grief, one sees a sadder sight with grief more dire!”
— Gottfried von Straßburg, book Tristan
Owe der ougenweide
da man nach leidem leide
mit leiderem leide
siht leider ougenweide!
Source: Tristan, Line 1751
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Context: Yet there is a certain solitude like no other - that of the man preparing his meal in public on a wall, or on the hood of his car, or along a fence, alone. You see that all the time here. It is the saddest sight in the world. Sadder than destitution, sadder than the beggar is the man who eats alone in public. Nothing more contradicts the laws of man or beast, for animals always do each other the honour of sharing or disputing each other’s food. He who eats alone is dead (but not he who drinks alone. Why is this?).
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