The worst cynicism: a belief in luck.
Cynic Quotes
A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn’t any Santa Claus, and he’s still upset.
Be wisely worldly be not worldly wise.
Cynics are further from realities than saints.
The poorest way to face life is to face it with a sneer.
A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word.
Destiny came down to an island, centuries ago, and summoned three of the inhabitants before him. “What would you do, ” asked Destiny, “if I told you that tomorrow this island would be inundated by an immense tidal wave?” The first man, who was a cynic, said, “Why, I would eat, drink, carouse, and make […]
Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.
Know ye not, oh foolish ones, that a man dreadeth a female cynic as a small boy dreadeth an education?
An idealist believes the short run doesn’t count. A cynic believes the long run doesn’t matter. A realist believes that what is done or left undone in the short run determines the long run.
