A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
Cynic Quotes
I’d rather be disappointed in some than cynical about all.
No matter how cynical you become, it’s never enough to keep up.
A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind’s eye.
What is a cynic? A man, who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
Cynic: a sentimentalist on guard.
Cynic, n.: One who looks through rose-colored glasses with a jaundiced eye.
Don’t take any wooden nickles.
The progress of cynicism: We start out as Americans, we end up French. We both love the people, but you love them as infants whom you are afraid to trust without nurses, and I as adults whom I freely leave to self-government.