英语名人名言：Cynicism 讥笑

　　Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows.

　　David T. Wolf (1943 - )

　　The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

　　George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

　　A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin1.

　　H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)

　　My pessimism2 extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity3 of the pessimists4.

　　Jean Rostand (1894 - 1977), Journal of a Character, 1931

　　Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

　　Lillian Hellman (1905 - 1984), The Little Foxes, 1939

　　No matter how cynical5 you get, it is impossible to keep up.

　　Lily Tomlin (1939 - )

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

　　Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III

　　Cynicism is not realistic and tough. It's unrealistic and kind of cowardly because it means you don't have to try.

　　Peggy Noonan (1950 - ), in Good Housekeeping

　　Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt6... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves.

　　Robert Anton Wilson

　　A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely7 disappointed in the future.

　　Sidney J. Harris

　　Never be a cynic, even a gentle one. Never help out a sneer8, even at the devil.

　　Vachel Lindsay (1879 - 1931)

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