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Quotations by Subject: Cynicism (12 quotes)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.: Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984)
If only it was as easy to banish hunger by rubbing the belly as it is to masturbate.: Diogenes the Cynic (412 to 323 B.C.)
Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll doublecross that bridge when he comes to it": Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)

Results from Poor Man's College:

The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is a human owl, vigilant in darkness, and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.: Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)

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