"Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives."
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"Be polite to all, but intimate with few."
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"The greater part of the truth is always hidden, in regions out of the reach of cynicism."
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"Don't confuse my point of view with cynicism. The real cynics are the ones who tell you that everything's gonna be all right."
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"Out of the unconscious lips of babes and sucklings are we satirized."
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"Happiness too is inevitable."
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"The temptation shared by all forms of intelligence: cynicism."
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"Cynicism is reality with an alternate spelling."
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"Cynicism makes you feel smart, I know it, even when you aren't smart."
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"Realism has always been called cynicism."
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"It is part of the business of marketing to muddy the distinction between altruism and cynicism."
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"the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him."
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"There's a fine line between participation and mockery."
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"A prig is a fellow who is always making you a present of his opinions."
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"Cynicism is only intellectual sloth."
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