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Results from Michael Moncur's (Cynical) Quotations:

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
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Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), The Little Foxes, 1939
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up.
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Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
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Robert Anton Wilson
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I once said cynically of a politician, 'He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it.'
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Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
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Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad.
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Diogenes the Cynic (412 BC - 323 BC)
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or not.
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Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
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Sidney J. Harris
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