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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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"Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm."
Man
"Eloquence, n. The art of orally persuading fools that white is the color that it appears to be. It includes the gift of making any color appear white."
Art
"Abscond - to move in a mysterious way, commonly with the property of another."
Crime
"The small part of ignorance that we arrange and classify we give the name of knowledge."
Knowledge
"A man is known by the company he organizes."
Influence
"The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations."
History
"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."
Art
"Sweater, n.: garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly."
Family
"Optimism - the doctrine or belief that everything is beautiful, including what is ugly."
Trust
"It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better."
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"Motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity. It degrades everything it touches."
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"A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye."
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"No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles."
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"Irony differentiates. Cynicism never does."
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"The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people."
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"Cynicism is the humour of hatred."
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"I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it."
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"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."
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"It is through experience that I have lost faith in USA law enforcement."
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"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."
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