A cynic is a passionate person who doesn’t want to be disappointed again.
Lovely quote from Benjamin Zander on Front Row, tonight. (Thursday 19 March)
by Alec Muffett
A cynic is a passionate person who doesn’t want to be disappointed again.
Lovely quote from Benjamin Zander on Front Row, tonight. (Thursday 19 March)
Now featuring in one .sig.
cite: http://www.benjaminzander.com/board/default.asp?group=40&t=2
also google the phrase for more context.
Alain de Botton’s take on it:
“Cynics are, in the end, only idealists with awkwardly high standards.”
(from ‘Status Anxiety’)
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