Cynical Quote by Federico Fellini

“The truth about yourself is so near, so close, that it is very difficult to perceive. Just as it is difficult to style your…

— Darren Main

Maybe innocence is a skin you must shed to build layers more resistant to the caustic truths of the world.

— Hector Tobar

We are so accustomed to disguise ourselves to others that in the end we become disguised to ourselves.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

If you're constantly stepping outside of the character and judging them, you'll never really be able to fully engage because you'll always be slightly…

— James Norton

As a rule, we go about with masks, we go about looking honest, and we are able to conceal ourselves all through the day.

— Mark Twain

I never think I feel cynical in general. Cynical is reality with an alternate spelling. I feel there's a gigantic amount of injustice and…

— Woody Allen

“Some people are straightforward. What you see is indeed what you get. Their words have no subtext and their hearts are open. Such individuals…

— John Dolan

We confess our bad qualities to others out of fear of appearing naive or ridiculous by not being aware of them.

— Gerald Brenan

We understand how dangerous a mask can be. We all become what we pretend to be.

— Patrick Rothfuss

Sometimes people carry to such perfection the mask they have assumed that in due course they actually become the person they seem.

— W. Somerset Maugham

There is a life behind the personality that uses personalities as masks. There are times when life puts off the mask and deep answers…

— Dion Fortune

My purity manifests itself in countless ways, including an utter inability to sit idly when exposed to attacks on truth, reason, logic, and/or individual…

— Gad Saad