A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde

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All I have to be thankful for in this world is that I was sitting down when my garter busted.

Dorothy Parker

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I'm not ready to let the youthful part of myself go yet. If maturity means becoming a cynic, if you have to kill the part of yourself that is naive and romantic and idealistic - the part of you that you treasure most - to claim maturity, is it not better to die young but with your humanity intact?

Kenneth Cain

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As my father always used to tell me, 'You see, son, there's always someone in the world worse off than you.' And I always used to think, 'So?

Bill Bryson

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Every ounce of my cynicism is supported by historical precedent.

Glen Cook

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If there was anything that depressed him more than his own cynicism, it was that quite often it still wasn't as cynical as real life.

Terry Pratchett

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Show me somebody who is always smiling, always cheerful, always optimistic, and I will show you somebody who hasn't the faintest idea what the heck is really going on.

Mike Royko

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Cynic, n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are not as they ought to be.

Ambrose Bierce

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By the time you swear you're his,
Shivering and sighing.
And he vows his passion is,
Infinite, undying.
Lady make note of this --
One of you is lying.

Dorothy Parker

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You're such an optimist Kane -- that's your problem. You only end up disappointed.

Paul Grist

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