The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help each other balance their lives.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Cynicism means the conduit to the soul has a great kink in it, like a garden hose in which nothing flows in either direction.
Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
My whole life has been about confronting cynicism.
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.
Cynicism is something which has become symbolic of imperial policy.
Cynicism stems from disappointment. Cynical and faithless people were not always like that. They were filled with possibilities and hope as kids. But they tried and perhaps failed.
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism.
One can never take the cynicism one comes across in life too seriously.
The cure for cynicism is simply to engage honestly.
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