Cynic, N: A Blackguard Whose Faulty Vision Sees Things As They Are, Not As They Ought To Be.

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Cynic, n:
A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are,
not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the
Scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.
-- Ambrose Bierce

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