A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.
Cynics and Cynicism
Quotations by Ambrose Bierce
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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