At 01:49 PM 8/22/97 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi Al,
>
>You wrote:
>
>> But don't let me make you cynical too. Life is too short and too much
>> fun to let this sort of thing bother you.
>>
>To late, I have been a cynic for years. I'd go so far as to say that I
>believe that a health dose of cynicism is an essential ingredent of
>a health mind. I do agree that life is to short to waste time worrying
>about it, if only because it is beyond anyone's power to correct the
>situation.
>
>It is of course posible to be a cynic and still enjoy life. In a sense
>it is very liberating. As Shakespeare said "Nothing is either good
>or bad but thinking makes it so". Todays truth is subject to
>tomorrows rethink. It all serves to keep us on our mental 'toes',
>which is part of the fun of life.
>
>You've gotta believe me!!!! [ :-) ]
>
>Dennis
>
Dennis and Al,
It is difficult to talk about cynicism without mentioning Amborse Bierce, a
dsynic himself, who defined a cynic as, "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 is a case in point: a cynic does not have to be humorless.
Unless, that is, he also happens to be a Scythian.
Art
Arthur Hirsch [] [log in to unmask] [] Lewisville, TX
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