“The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.” James Branch Cabell

James Branch Cabell
American author

James Branch Cabell was an American author of fantasy fiction and belles lettres. Cabell was well regarded by his contemporaries, including H. L. Mencken, Edmund Wilson, and Sinclair Lewis. Wikipedia

Born: April 14, 1879, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Died: May 5, 1958, Richmond, Virginia, United States
Cause of death: Brain haemorrhage
Education: College of William & Mary

Quotes

• The optimist proclaims that we live in the best of all possible worlds; and the pessimist fears this is true.
• There is not any memory with less satisfaction than the memory of some temptation we resisted.
• Poetry is man’s rebellion against being what he is.