Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it.
Cynicism is like a virus; it is contagious and it infects people.
Cynicism is not wisdom. It's a lazy way of saying you've been burned.
Cynicism is intellectual dandyism without the coxcomb's feathers.
Cynicism is the only form in which base souls approach honesty.
Cynicism is often the shamefaced product of inexperience.

Cynicism is the smoke that rises from the ashes of burned out dreams.