“A Cynic Is A Man Who, When He Smells Flowers, Looks Around For A Coffin.”

What is a cynic? Is a cynic a man who is distrustful? An extreme pessimist? Or a realist?

For me a cynic is a man who is distrustful without reason. Pessimist without proof. And a realist only when it involves the negative.

Falsely yours,
Henry Louis Mencken