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Altruism and Cynicism
Start every day off with a smile and get it over with. [Select] In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. [Select] I don't want any "yes-men" around me. I want everybody to tell me the truth even if it costs them their jobs. [Select] A learned County Court judge in a book of memoirs recently said that the overwhelming amount of his time on the bench was taken up "with people who are persuaded by persons whom they do not know to enter into contracts that they do not understand to purchase goods that they do not want with money that they have not got." [Select] Lord Greene {Also in: Law and Politics} One nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people. [Select] Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth. [Select] Kindness is the beginning of cruelty. [Select] Frank Herbert: Dune [Shop] By means of shrewd lies, unremittingly repeated, it is possible to make people believe that heaven is hell -- and hell heaven. The greater the lie, the more readily it will be believed. [Select] Adolf Hitler: Mein Kampf [Shop] I use emotion for the many and reserve reason for the few. [Select] The victor will never be asked if he told the truth. [Select] Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket. [Select] Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant. [Select] Boring people are a reflection of boring people. [Select] Buying a lie is one thing, giving it away for free is quite another. [Select] If it looks like shit, smells like shit, mail it to your enemy -- he'll know what to do with it. [Select] If the destination is heaven, why do we scramble to be first in line for hell? [Select] If you love something, turn it loose. If it doesn't come back, kill it! [Select] Doug Horton {Also in: Love and Hate} Live to learn, learn to live, then teach others. [Select] Materialism is the only form of distraction from true bliss. [Select] Smile, it's better than a poke in the eye. [Select]
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