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An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a

An idealist is one who, on noticing that roses smell better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup. – Henry L. Mencken

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Our ideals, like the gods of old, are constantly demanding human sacrifices. – George Bernard Shaw

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Some people never have anything except ideals. – E.W. Howe

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Ideals are like stars: you will not succeed in touching them with your hands, but like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you reach your destiny. – Carl Schurz

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Though I believe in liberalism, I find it difficult to believe in liberals. – G.K. Chesterton

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