cynic

aborigine

nudism

nudist

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.

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

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

the cynic is a coward. He foresees all barrenness so that barrenness can never surprise him. Anais Nin

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

The cynic, a parasite of civilization, lives by denying it, for the very reason that he is convinced that it will not fail. Jose Ortega y Gasset

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

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. James Gould Cozzens

is one who looks down on those above him.

a cynic is one who looks down on those above him.

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.

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. Henry Ward Beecher

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

It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. Fannie Hurst

The cynics are right nine times out of ten.

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