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Altruism and Cynicism
Man is the only animal that blushes -- or needs to. [Select] Never tell the truth to those unworthy of it. [Select] The fact that man knows right from wrong proves his intellectual superiority to other creatures; but the fact that he can do wrong proves his moral inferiority to any creature that cannot. [Select] Mark Twain: What is Man?, 1906 A narcissist is someone better looking than you are. [Select] I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it. [Select] It's not true that nice guys finish last. Nice guys are winners before the game even starts. [Select] All humans are hypocrites; the biggest hypocrite of all is the one who claims to detest hypocrisy. [Select] Heck, what's a little extortion among friends? [Select] Bill Watterson: Calvin and Hobbes [Shop] I know the world isn't fair, but why isn't it ever unfair in my favor? [Select] Bill Watterson: Calvin and Hobbes [Shop] A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies. [Select] I can resist everything except temptation. [Select] Oscar Wilde {Also in: Vice and Virtue} The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about. [Select] The pure and simple truth is rarely pure and never simple. [Select] Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. [Select] If you think nobody cares if you're alive, try missing a couple of car payments. [Select] Earl Wilson {Also in: Life and Death} Cynics regard everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regard everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. [Select] A little consideration, a little thought for others, makes all the difference. [Select] Joan Powers: Pooh's Little Instruction Book [Shop] A man never stands as tall as when he kneels to help a child. [Select] Beat your own and others will fear you. [Select] Unknown (Russian proverb) Better to light a candle than to curse the darkness. [Select] Unknown (Chinese proverb)
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