Cynical
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Cynical Definitions

n. An ingenious compound of desirability and appearance.

n. Well aged blasphemies.

Cynical Quotations

Chase after truth like hell and you'll free yourself, even though you never touch its coat-tails.

— Clarence Darrow

They shall not overcome. Whoever told them that the truth shall set them free was obviously and grossly unfamiliar with federal law.

— John Ashcroft

Most people, sometime in their lives, stumble across truth. And most jump up, brush themselves off, and hurry on about their business as if nothing had happened.

— Winston Churchill

All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident.

— Arthur Schopenhauer

The truth that makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.

— Herbert Agar

Autobiography is an unrivaled vehicle for telling the truth about other people.

— Philip Guedalla

There are only two ways of telling the complete truth--anonymously and posthumously.

— Thomas Sowell

A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.

— Mark Twain

It is hard to believe that a man is telling the truth when you know that you would lie if you were in his place.

— H.L. Mencken

Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.

— Unknown

The public will believe anything, so long as it is not founded on truth.

— Edith Sitwell

It is amazing the number of people who are pleased by the simple act of sincerely professing the truth. I mean, I would have thought there would have been at least one.

— John Alejandro King

It is always the best policy to speak the truth--unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.

— Jerome K. Jerome

Discovery of truth is the sole purpose of philosophy, which is the most ancient occupation of the human mind and has a fair prospect of existing with increasing activity to the end of time.

— Ambrose Bierce

If a man speaks of his honor, make him pay cash.

— Robert Heinlein

The truth is rarely pure and never simple.

— Oscar Wilde

A politician under oath is a bit like a tumor under chemotherapy.

— William Ferraiolo

Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.

— Andre Gide