Florence McLandburgh

Florence McLandburgh (April 22, 1850 – June 3, 1934) was an American writer of fiction and poetry, sometimes using the pseudonym McLandburgh Wilson.

Quotes

• ’Twixt the optimist and pessimist
    The difference is droll:
  The optimist sees the doughnut
    But the pessimist sees the hole.
  • "Optimist and Pessimist", quoted by Mr. Lewis in the Canadian House of Commons (March 11, 1908)

External links

• Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, vol. 84 (Ottawa, 1907–8), p. 4475, col. 1