A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.
From the Yes, Minister TV show.
“Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.”
--Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes (1939)
Cynic. n. A blackguard whose faulty vision sees the world the way it is, instead of the way it is supposed to be.
-Ambrose Bierce
It’s a good quote. But I say combining the latter two gives the first.
A cynic is what an idealist calls a realist.
From the Yes, Minister TV show.
--Lillian Hellman, The Little Foxes (1939)
-Ambrose Bierce
It’s a good quote. But I say combining the latter two gives the first.