I don't consider myself a pessimist at all. I think of a pessimist as someone who is waiting for it to rain. And I feel completely soaked to the skin.

Leonard Cohen

Quoted in Observer

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Topic

Pessimism Realism Rain

Speaker

Leonard Cohen

Source

Observer

Medium

Newspaper

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1993 1990s 20th century

Occupation

Singer-songwriter Musician

From

Canada

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Citation

Cohen, Leonard. Quoted in "The Joking Troubadour of Gloom." The Daily Telegraph, 26 Apr. 1993.

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Topic
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Author

Poor Richard (Benjamin Franklin)
Source
Poor Richard's Almanack
Medium
Almanac
Statement Type
Proverbs, aphorisms and adages Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
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Time
1736 1730s 18th century
Era
Colonial America
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Original Citation

Franklin, Benjamin [published as Richard Saunders]. Poor Richard's Almanack. Philadelphia, 1736.

Current Citation

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