Cynic Quotes

A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.

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.

I’d rather be disappointed in some than cynical about all.

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. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes – openly bad and secretly […]