Quote #2

Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth.

More from Lillian Hellman

  1. There are people who eat earth and eat all the people on it like in the Bible with the locusts. And other people who stand around and watch…
  2. For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
  3. Lonely people, in talking to each other can make each other lonelier.
  4. I am ready and willing to testify before the representatives of our Government as to my own opinions and my own actions, regardless of any …
  5. I am prepared to waive the privilege against self-incrimination and to tell you everything you wish to know about my views or actions if yo…
  6. A man should be jailed for telling lies to the young.
  7. We will not think noble because we are not noble. We will not live in beautiful harmony because there is no such thing in this world, nor s…
  8. Nothing, of course, begins at the time you think it did.

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