“Because philosophers are people with easy minds and usually they have all they want.”
“And what’s a pessimist?” said Micus.
“A pessimist is a philosopher before he gets a good job,” answered Padna.
“And what am I then?”
“What are you? You’re a philosopher, of course.”
“Bedad, I suppose I am,” said Micus. “It takes all kinds of people to make a world, anyway.”
“It does,” said Padna. “Philosophers, pessimists, suffragettes, and policemen.”
“The world is a strange place.”
“Indeed it is, and a beautiful place, when you haven’t to work for a living.”
“And life is a strange thing.”