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cynic should never marry an idealist. For the
cynic, marriage represents the welcome end of romantic life, with all its agony and ecstasy. But for the idealist, it is only the beginning.
View quotes by Julie Burchill The
cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. The
cynic puts all human actions into two classes - openly bad and secretly bad.
View quotes by Henry Ward Beecher The only way to do my job without optimism would be as a
cynic, and that's not my nature.
View quotes by Jon SnowA
cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
View quotes by Henry L MenckenThe opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical athiest but the gentle
cynic who cares not whether there is a God or not.
View quotes by Eric HofferWoman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the
cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification.
View quotes by Helen RowlandAn idealist believes the short run doesn't count. A
cynic believes the long run doesn't matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
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