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NOVELISTS > novelist, playwright, poet > Milan Kundera
Optimism is the...
Vendor: NOVELISTS
Optimism is the opium of the people.
Source: The Joke, pt. 3, ch. 3 (1967; tr. 1982). The line, written by Ludvik on a postcard, was used by the Party as incriminating evidence against him, though it was only meant as a joke.
-- Milan Kundera, (Apr 1 1929-____), Czech novelist, playwright, poet; He wrote various works combining erotic comedy with political criticism.