Cynicism Quotes

“What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”

“Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.”

“It's hard to argue against cynics. They always sound smarter than optimists because they have so much evidence on their side.”

“Watch what people are cynical about, and one can often discover what they lack.”

“Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist.”

“I am called a dog because I fawn on those who give me anything, I yelp at those who refuse, and I set my teeth in rascals.”

“It is you who are dogs, when you stand round and watch me at my breakfast.”

“What I'm asking for is hard. It's easier to be cynical; to accept that change isn't possible. But if we give up now, then we forsake a better future.”

"Behind every great fortune there is a crime."

Honore de Balzac

"Inside every cynical person, there is a disappointed idealist."

“The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.”

“I am not at all cynical, I have merely got experience, which, however, is very much the same thing.”