A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. - Ralph Waldo

A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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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. – Henry Ward Beecher

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