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| Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. (Lillian Hellman The Little Foxes 1939) |
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| The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. (George Bernard Shaw) |
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| No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up. (Lily Tomlin) |
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| We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. (Marie Ebner von Eschenbach) |
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| Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. (Robert Anton Wilson) |
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| Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. (Lillian Hellman) |
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| Just think of the tragedy of teaching children not to doubt. (Clarence Darrow) |
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| Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil. (Vachel Lindsay) |
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| If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. (Rene Descartes) |
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| Doubt 'til thou canst doubt no more...doubt is thought and thought is life. Systems which end doubt are devices for drugging thought. (Albert Guerard) |
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| Doubt whom you will, but never yourself. (Christine Bovee) |
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| A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. (H. L. Mencken) |
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| Self-conceit may lead to self-destruction. (Aesop The Frog and the Ox) |
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For God hates utterly
The bray of bragging tongues. (Sophocles Antigone) |
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| What is the first business of one who practices philosophy? To get rid of self-conceit. For it is impossible for anyone to begin to learn that which he thinks he already knows. (Epictetus Discourses) |
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| Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try. (Peggy Noonan in Good Housekeeping) |
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| If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things. (Rene Descartes) |
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| An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person. (Joseph Addison) |
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| The smaller the mind the greater the conceit. (Aesop) |
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| When they discover the center of the universe, a lot of people will be disappointed to discover they are not it. (Bernard Bailey) |
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| Conceit is God's gift to little men. (Bruce Barton) |
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| The world tolerates conceit from those who are successful, but not from anybody else. (John Blake) |
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| The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. (Thomas Carlyle) |
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