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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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I do not believe in revealed religion — I will have nothing to do with your immortality; we are miserable enough in this life, without speculating on another. – Lord Byron, 1778-1824, letter to Rev. Francis Hodgson, 1811

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The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. – Charles de Gaulle

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When we are born, we cry that we are come to this great stage of fools. – William Shakespeare, King Lear

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A satirist is a man who discovers unpleasant things about himself and then says them about other people. – Peter McArthur

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