“The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Cynical
Anatole France on Law
James Thurber on Questions
“It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers.” Continue reading
William G. McAdoo on Ignorance
“It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Children
“A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.” Continue reading
P. B. Medawar on Ideas
“The human mind treats a new idea the same way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.” Continue reading
Alfred North Whitehead’s Cynical Quote
“Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Business
“My own business always bores me to death; I prefer other people’s.” Continue reading
Oscar Wilde on Truth
“If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they’ll kill you.” Continue reading
Fred Allen on Hollywood
“You can take all the sincerity in Hollywood, place it in the navel of a firefly and still have room enough for three caraway seeds and a producer’s heart.” Continue reading
Francois De La Rochefoucauld Cynical Quote
“We all have strength enough to endure the misfortunes of others.” Continue reading
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