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"Cynicism is that blackguard defect of vision which compels us to see the world as it is instead of as it should be."
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"No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles."
"Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive."
"People, generally, suck."
"Every gathering has its moment. As an adult, I distract myself by trying to identify it, dreading the inevitable downswing that is sure to follow. The guests will repeat themselves one too many times, or you'll run out of dope or liquor and realize that it was all you ever had in common."
"The more expensive a school is, the more crooks it has - I'm not kidding."
"Motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches."
"The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people."
"It is through experience that I have lost faith in USA law enforcement."
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"Land: A part of the earth's surface, considered as property. The theory that land is property subject to private ownership and control is the foundation of modern society, and is eminently worthy of the superstructure."
"Marriage, n: the state or condition of a community consisting of a master, a mistress, and two slaves, making in all, two."
"Ambition. An overmastering desire to be vilified by enemies while living and made ridiculous by friends when dead."
"Eulogy. Praise of a person who has either the advantages of wealth and power, or the consideration to be dead."
"Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already embraced."
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