Cynicism Quotes

Adolescent cynicism is mainly a defence against fear.

"You've become cynical," said Nemur.
"That's all this opportunity has meant to you.
Your genius has destroyed your faith in the world and in your fellow men."

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.

What is happening to me today, romantics would call a melodrama, and cynics — the tragedy.

— Lord Henry, I am not at all surprised that the world says that you are extremely wicked.
— But what world says that?... It can only be the next world.

— I only know that I love you!
— That's your misfortune.

Cecil Graham: — What is a cynic?
Lord Darlington: — A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

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

You are an extraordinary fellow. You never say a moral thing, and you never do a wrong thing. Your cynicism is simply a pose.