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Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. – David T. Wolf

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I would ask something more of this world, if it had something more. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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There are some mortals who are never happy save when they have some hurt feelings to enjoy. – Author unknown, from Dallas-Galveston News, c.1894

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Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know. – Ernest Hemingway (Thanks, Schanna)

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Sorrow hides behind all your pleasures; you are gluttonous rats which it attracts with a bit of savory bacon. – Claude Tillier (1801–1844), My Uncle Benjamin: A Humorous, Satirical, and

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