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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it. – George Bernard Shaw

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Fate stalks us with depressing monotony from womb to tomb, and, when we are least expecting it, deals us a series of crushing blows from behind. – Hesketh Pearson, The Whispering Gallery

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Men hate to be misunderstood, and to be understood makes them furious. – Edgar Saltus

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The dignity of man lies in his ability to face reality in all its meaninglessness. – Martin Esslin

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He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enough of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind. – Willa Cather

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