Usage examples of "pessimist" in English with translation to French

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Schopenhauer was a ferocious pessimist. Schopenhauer fut un pessimiste féroce.
I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist. Je suis tantôt optimiste, tantôt pessimiste.
The student is optimistic, but his advisor is a pessimist. L'étudiant est optimiste, mais son conseiller est un pessimiste.
Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back. Emprunte toujours de l'argent à un pessimiste ; il ne s'attend pas à être remboursé.
The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic. L'optimiste qui se regarde dans un miroir devient plus optimiste, et le pessimiste plus pessimiste.
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