“There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice.” Continue reading
Category Archives: Cynical
Mark Twain on Temptation
Olin Miller Cynical Quote
“You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do.” Continue reading
Mignon McLaughlin on Society
“Society honors its living conformists and its dead troublemakers.” Continue reading
John Sladek on the Future
“The future, according to some scientists, will be exactly like the past, only far more expensive.” Continue reading
Harry S Truman Cynical Quote
“If you cannot convince them, confuse them.” Continue reading
Robertson Davies on Society
“There is no nonsense so gross that society will not, at some time, make a doctrine of it and defend it with every weapon of communal stupidity.” Continue reading
Ronald Reagan Cynical Quote
“The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them away.” Continue reading
H. L. Mencken on Age & Wisdom
“The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.” Continue reading
Evan Esar on Statistics
“Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.” Continue reading
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg Cynical Quote
“What a blessing it would be if we could open and shut our ears as easily as we open and shut our eyes!” Continue reading
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