Quotes by Lynes, Russell

It is always well to accept your own shortcomings with candor but to r >>

If you can't ignore an insult, top it; if you can't top it, laugh it o >>

A lady is nothing very specific. One man's lady is another man's woman >>

Quotations about Cynics and Cynicism

Cynicism is the humor of hatred. >>

Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty. >>

A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past; he i >>

Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.

Lynes, Russell