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 is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce

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What I claim is to live to the full the contradiction of my time, which may well make sarcasm the condition of truth. – Roland Barthes

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