A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction.
Most cynics are really crushed romantics: they've been hurt, they're sensitive, and their cynicism is a shell that's protecting this tiny, dear part in them that's still alive.
I am not a cynic.
I don't want to sound like the old guy, but cynicism is a potential danger. It colors our way of looking at the world.
I'm an old cynic.
Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.
It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to.
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.