A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. – H. L. Mencken Category: Cynicism
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. – Fannie Hurst Category: 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. – Henry Ward Beecher Category: Cynicism
A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, and not as they ought to be. – Ambrose Bierce Category: Cynicism
America is a large friendly dog in a small room. Every time it wags its tail it knocks over a chair. – Arnold Toynbee Category: America
