Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.

Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.

Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

Cynicism is the humor of hatred.

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.

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

A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.

A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be.

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on read more

It's hard to argue against cynics - they always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side

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

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

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.