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那之前他生活得很悲惨，因为，他总是病魔缠身，有些是精神方面的疾病，因此他属于乐观主义者，而且能够和悲观主义者相处的很好。

And he had a miserable life until then because he always had illnesses, some of which might be even psychosomatic. So he was the optimist and the one who lived well with the pessimist.

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我不是个悲观主义者——实际上，我是个无可救药的乐观主义者——但是，我很难回答这个问题。

I'm not a pessimist - I'm actually an incurable optimist - but I'm struggling with this question.

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毫无顾忌的乐观主义或许一直是金融危机的主要原因，但是“悲观主义者”也不能作为“英雄”而赢得人们的喝彩。

The main cause of the financial crisis may have been reckless optimism, but the pessimists are hardly being hailed as heroes.