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Cynic believes self-interest is beneath every unselfish reason By Prof Dr Sohail Ansari

“ Know that the life of this world is only play and amusement, pomp and mutual boasting among you, and rivalry in respect of wealth and children, as the likeness of vegetation after rain, thereof the growth is pleasing to the tiller; afterwards it dries up and you see it turning yellow; then it becomes straw. But in the Hereafter (there is) a severe torment (for the disbelievers, evil-doers), and (there is) Forgiveness from Allah and (His) Good Pleasure (for the believers, good-doers), whereas the life of this world is only a deceiving enjoyment “. [57:20]   Every action is motivated by self-interest ‘Cynics believe that people who shrug off compliments do so in order to be praised twice’.   Quotes: ·        A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye. Carolyn Wells ·        Optimism means better than reality; pessimism means worse than reality. I'm a realist. Margaret Atwood What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of ev