Cynic quotes
25 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. And a sentimentalist, my dear Darlington, is a man who sees an absurd value in everything, and doesn't know the market place of any single thing."
"A cynic can chill and dishearten with a single word."
"I don't consider myself a cynic. I think of myself as a skeptic and a realist."
"A sewer is a cynic. It tells All."
"An executive should be a realist; and no one is less realistic than the cynic."
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