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By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for no

By rights, satire is a lonely and introspective occupation, for nobody can describe a fool to the life without much patient self-inspection. – Frank Moore Colby

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Im a hopeful cynic. – Tracy Chapman

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Dont be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Dont bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Dont waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. – Sydney J. Harris

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Fools are my theme, let satire be my song. – Lord (George Gordon) Byron

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