cynic, n.All

A Cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any santa claus, and he's still upset.

The Cynic is right nine times out of ten.

The Cynic takes a clever man to turn cynical and a wise man to be clever enough not to.

A Cynic is one who looks down on those above him.

The Cynic is a parasite of civilization who lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail.

A Cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be. Hence the custom among the scythians of plucking out a cynic's eyes to improve his vision.

The Cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him.

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.