240 Quotes About Cynical

I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book.

...the secret to success wasn't about being right, merely about appearing to be more right than everybody else.

Alec, what do you believe in? Don't laugh-tell me.' She waited and at last he said:'I believe an eleven bus will take me to Hammersmith. I don't believe it's driven by Father Christmas.

Rouvier was the Finance Minister; I knew him by sight, although I had not yet met him. He was not widely liked. Apart from the whiff of indecency that Lucien referred to, he was also rumoured to be less than straightforward in his dealings with his fellow men. To put it another way, he was devious even by the standards of politicians; a long and successful career awaited him.

Humanity is always quick to condemn itself.

It’s for love, in the end. Pettiest of all pursuits. Arrogance, greed, even revenge… they’re nobler, trust me. I’ve walked all those roads. But love? It twists all the other things. Makes you misstep, makes you irrational, makes you impatient, above all.

Every time you see a beautiful woman, just remember, somebody else got tired of her shit

One child out of wedlock is an error. Two suggests carelessness. Three—and six—is simply wrong. Wrong.

At least you pay for them.”“I could support a foundling hospital, and you would applaud my virtue.”“I didn’t expect you to populate your own orphanage,” she said.