CYNICISM

Related Subjects: Doubt, Misanthropy, Mockery, Pessimism, Sneer, Worldliness

1. The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game.—H. W. BEECHER

2. It will generally be found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.—DICKENS