Quotes about cynics and cynicism

"The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game."

Beecher, Henry Ward on cynics and cynicism
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"A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be."

Bierce, Ambrose on cynics and cynicism
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"The cynic never grows up, but commits intellectual suicide."

Brown, Dean Charles R. on cynics and cynicism
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"I'm a hopeful cynic."

Chapman, Tracy on cynics and cynicism
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"A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still upset."

Cozzens, James G. on cynics and cynicism   

"Don't be a cynic and disconsolate preacher. Don't bewail and moan. Omit the negative propositions. Challenge us with incessant affirmatives. Don't waste yourself in rejection, or bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on cynics and cynicism   

"A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word."

Emerson, Ralph Waldo on cynics and cynicism   

"Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty."

Evil, Nietzche on cynics and cynicism   

"The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail."

Gasset, Jose Ortega Y on cynics and cynicism   

"Cynicism is cheap -- you can buy it at any Monoprix store -- it's built into all poor-quality goods."

Greene, Graham on cynics and cynicism   

"A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future."

Harris, Sidney J. on cynics and cynicism
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"It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to."

Hurst, Fannie on cynics and cynicism   

"Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence."

Lynes, Russell on cynics and cynicism
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"A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin."

Mencken, H. L. on cynics and cynicism
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"The cynics are right nine times out of ten."

Mencken, H. L. on cynics and cynicism   

"Cynicism is intellectual dandyism."

Meredith, George on cynics and cynicism   

"The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it."

Shaw, George Bernard on cynics and cynicism   

"The only deadly sin I know is cynicism."

Stimson, Henry Lewis on cynics and cynicism   

"Cynicism is the humor of hatred."

Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm on cynics and cynicism   

"CYNIC: One who not only reads bitter lessons from the past, but who is prematurely disappointed with the future."

Unknown, Source on cynics and cynicism   

"A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing."

Unknown, Source on cynics and cynicism   

"A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye."

Wells, Carolyn on cynics and cynicism   

"Cynicism is humor in ill health."

Wells, H.G. on cynics and cynicism   

"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing."

Wilde, Oscar on cynics and cynicism   

"I worry that no matter how cynical you become, it's never enough to keep up."

Wagner, Jane on cynics and cynicism
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