"A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist."
— Cynicism

January 1, 1970

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Sir Humphrey Appleby, played by Sir Nigel Hawthorne in Yes, Minister, Series Three (1982), Episode Four: The Moral Dimension, written by Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn