Cynicism Quotes
He who never puts his trust in any man will never be deceived.
Animals will be seen on the earth who will always be fighting against each other with the greatest loss and frequent deaths on each side. And there will be no end to their malignity; by their strong limbs we shall see a great portion of the trees of the vast forests laid low throughout the universe; and, when they are filled with food the satisfaction of their desires will be to deal death and grief and labour and wars and fury to every living thing; and from their immoderate pride they will desire to rise towards heaven, but the too great weight of their limbs will keep them down.
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.
There is something wrong with our world, something fundamentally and basically wrong. I don't think we have to look too far to see that. I'm sure that most of you would agree with me in making that assertion.
Unteachable from infancy to tomb - There is the first & main characteristic of mankind.
I just want to write songs in my little corner. And I still love music, I've not been worn down by cynicism.
The worst thing you can become in life is cynical. Cynical is like concrete. and nothing grows in concrete.
If we would learn what the human race really is at bottom, we need only observe it in election times.
Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.
Most men judge your importance in their lives by how much you can hurt them.
That's the trouble with the world. We all despise ourselves.
Lechery, lechery; still, wars and lechery: nothing else holds fashion.
No amount of evidence will ever persuade an idiot
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