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Quote by Fannie Hurst
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever en

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. – Fannie Hurst

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A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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