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Idealist: a cynic in the making.


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Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.

Since I no longer expect anything from mankind except madness, meanness, and mendacity; egotism, cowardice, and self-delusion, I have stopped being a misanthrope.



When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.

When you argue with your inferiors, you convince them of only one thing: they are as clever as you.



Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.

Only the tiniest fracton of mankind want freedom. All the rest want someone to tell them theyare free.



We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love

We love in another's soul whatever of ourselves we can deposit in it; the greater the deposit, the greater the love



I have stopped being a misanthrope.

I have stopped being a misanthrope.



God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.

God is indeed dead. He died of self-horror when He saw the creature He had made in His own image.



A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?

A Canadian is someone who keeps asking the question, 'What is a Canadian?



Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell

Canadians look down on the United States and consider it Hell. They are right to do so. Canada is to the United States what, in Dante's scheme, Limbo is to Hell



I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats

I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats



A political leader worthy of assassination

A political leader worthy of assassination





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We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.

We are all small-minded people, creeping about the earth grubbing for our own advantage and making the very mistakes for which we want to humiliate our neighbors.



I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.

I opened my mouth, but the same words came to me again and again.I will not scream. I will not scream. I will not scream.



The main root of every massive success is deeply rooted in one's mental imagination.

The main root of every massive success is deeply rooted in one's mental imagination.



Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.

Rumi himself once said that counterfeit gold is only to be found because there is such a thing as real gold to be copied.



we need deep cleansing of our thoughts on and often so that we can recharge our energy for our own health, happiness and purpose

we need deep cleansing of our thoughts on and often so that we can recharge our energy for our own health, happiness and purpose



A few years ago a friend said that I use to hunt and fish and build houses and things but now my whole life revolved around my computer I replied "But my computer revolves around the world

A few years ago a friend said that I use to hunt and fish and build houses and things but now my whole life revolved around my computer I replied "But my computer revolves around the world



If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent.

If we compare Europe with other continents, it is marked out as [another] persecuting continent.



Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.

Life is a dangerous adventure, says the American, and he is half right: life is dangerous, but it's not an adventure.



A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.

A time when it is far too early to arise, but so late that going to bed makes small sense.



Corporations have free speech, but they can't speak like you and me. They don't have mouths or hands.

Corporations have free speech, but they can't speak like you and me. They don't have mouths or hands.




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