#cynic

A refusal of praise is a desire to be praised twice. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

If you stare at someone long enough, they'll eventually look back at you. ↗

— Cory Doctorow

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Most of our faults are more pardonable than the means we use to conceal them. ↗

— François de La Rochefoucauld

#cynicism

There is nothing so pitiful as a young cynic because he has gone from knowing nothing to believing nothing. ↗

— Maya Angelou

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Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one. ↗

— Glenn Beck

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I think we too often make choices based on the safety of cynicism, and what we're lead to is a life not fully lived. Cynicism is fear, and it's worse than fear - it's active disengagement. ↗

— Ken Burns

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I thought back to Meg’s advice about Hemingway sentences—simple declarative statements that showed the truth and distilled the meaning. My first attempt at that had been cynical and messed up. I gave it a go again. Find one lost sheep. The angels rejoice. ↗

— Laura Anderson Kurk

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Nevertheless, I resist cynicism and continue to believe in the possibilities for genuine democracy. ↗

— William Greider

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Global terrorism is extreme both in its lack of realistic goals and in its cynical exploitation of the vulnerability of complex systems. ↗

— Jurgen Habermas

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I understand the concept of optimism. But I think with me what you get is a lack of cynicism. ↗

— Tom Hanks

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