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Quotes about Cynicism

CP Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
- Lillian Hellman, US dramatist (1905 - 1984)

Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
- Robert Anton Wilson

CP My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of the pessimists.
- Jean Rostand, (1894 - 1977)

Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.
- Peggy Noonan, US speechwriter for George Bush (1950 - )

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future.
- Sidney J. Harris

Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer, even at the devil.
- Vachel Lindsay, US poet (1879 - 1931)

Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.
- David T. Wolf, (1943 - )