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The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.
The only deadly sin I know is cynicism.
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live read more
In the end we shall have had enough of cynicism and skepticism and humbug and we shall want to live more musically
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad read more
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.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'
A cynic might suggest as the motto of modern life this simple legend - 'Just as good as the real.'