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Quotations by Subject: Idealism
(Related Subjects: Optimism, Pessimism)
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I'm an idealist. I don't know where I'm going, but I'm on my way.: Carl Sandburg (1878 - 1967), Incidentals (1907)
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.: David T. Wolf (1943 - )
An idealist is one who, on noticing that a rose smells better than a cabbage, concludes that it will also make better soup.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.: Henry Ford (1863 - 1947)
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk straight into the gutter.: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Other People"
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.: Robert Anton Wilson


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