... talvez, mas "a pessimist is never disappointed"

 
"Donald Trump's influence will evaporate once he leaves office. Here's why"

2011


Dante Alighieri - Domenico di Michelino (1465)

Dante recusa-se a mudar uma só palavra. The Audience também.

(2011)

A PESSIMIST IS NEVER DISAPPOINTED
(BUT HE IS OFTEN TIRED)



















"Há pessoas que acham que ser pessimista deve ser 'angustiante'. Estão enganadas. Ser pessimista é sobretudo cansativo. Todos os dias o mundo confirma a ideia que temos do mundo. Imaginem: todos os dias". (aqui)

(2010)

2010 - "ALL HOPE ABANDON, YE WHO ENTER HERE"
"LASCIATE OGNE SPERANZA, VOI CH'INTRATE"
"VÓS QUE AQUI ENTRAIS, ABANDONAI TODA A ESPERANÇA"
(Dante - Divina Comédia, Inferno)

Botticelli - ilustração para o Inferno de Dante, 1480

... ou, em termos pop, "A Pessimist Is Never Disappointed":

It's unfashionable, I guess,
To knock success,
It's magnified and blessed,
Folk are so impressed,
This is uniformity,
Remember something please,
As we travel up the tree,
We show worse anatomy,

Yet we must be so charming when we're praised
Like kids when we are trashed, we come of age
It's crazy I think of you
I know that you're coming too

Hey sunshine! I'll never shake your pride
You're what I need,
You've been appointed
This is the highlight of your miserable life
A pessimist is never disappointed

Does anyone believe?
Am I judged or I achieve?
You'll know what I mean
By what I leave

Yet I must be so humble when I'm praised
Like I've reached the higher ground, I have come of age
It’s crazy I think of you
I know that you're coming too

Hey sunshine! I'll never shake your pride
You're what I need,
You've been appointed
This is the highlight of your miserable life
A pessimist is never disappointed

It's a karaoke climate and we all sing the same fuckin’ song

Hey sunshine! I'll never shake your pride
You're what I need,
You've been anointed
This is the highlight of your miserable life
A pessimist is never disappointed
Yeah a pessimist is never disappointed

(2010)