Quote#Wisdom
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never…
Quote byHenry Ward Beecher · 1813–1887
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Lectures to Young Men (1844), Lecture IV: The Portrait Gallery, p. 115.
English (original)
The cynic is one who never sees a good quality in a man, and never fails to see a bad one. He is the human owl, vigilant in darkness and blind to light, mousing for vermin, and never seeing noble game. The cynic puts all human actions into two classes — openly bad and secretly bad.
— Henry Ward Beecher
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