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Cynicism Quotes
"I guess the painkillers wipe out your memory along with your ethics."
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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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"In bridge clubs and in councils of state, the passions are the same."
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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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"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 think a lot of cynicism has dropped away from my shoulders since I stopped drinking."
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"I am most proud of my integrity and least proud of my cynicism."
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"Cynicism is the humour of hatred."
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"No matter how kind you are, always expect a few imbeciles."
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"Anything that has cynicism to it and that's jaded is smutty."
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"It is through experience that I have lost faith in USA law enforcement."
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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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"Really high-minded people are indifferent to happiness, especially other people's."
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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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