What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the true one?.
George Bernard ShawThe haughty American nation ... makes the Negro clean its boots and then proves the moral and physical inferiority of the Negro by the fact that he is a bootblack.
George Bernard ShawThe ability to make witty observations is commonly refered to as "cynism" by people who lack it.
George Bernard Shaw