Cynicism Is That Blackguard Defect Of Vision Which Compels Us To See The World As It Is, Instead Of As It Should Be.
Cynic, N: A Blackguard Whose Faulty Vision Sees Things As They Are, Not As They Ought To Be.
[christianity] Neither Enjoins The Nastiness Of The Cynic, Nor The Insensibility Of The Stoic.