Cynicism

Irony, wit, disdain, scorn, sarcasm

QUOTES

Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed.
Alexander Pope
1725

Cynic: a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.
Ambrose Bierce
1906,

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.
Lillian Hellman
The Little Foxes, 1939

Cynic: a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.
Oscar Wilde
Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892

See Also

History

Arts & Science

Movies: Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, Borat

Literature

Ambrose Bierce: The Devil's Dictionary

Pat Conroy: The Great Santini

Graham Greene: The Quiet American

Sinclair Lewis: Elmer Gantry

H L Mencken: any book

Robert Penn Warren: All the King's Men

Hugh Wheeler: Sweeney Todd

Oscar Wilde: any play

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