Pasteboard pies and paper flowers are being banished from the stage by the growth of that power of accurate observation which is commonly called cyni… - George Bernard Shaw

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

Beware of the man whose god is in the skies.

Οι άνθρωποι πάντα κατηγορούν τις συνθήκες ζωής τους γι’ αυτό που οι ίδιοι είναι. Δεν πιστεύω στις περιστάσεις και τις συνθήκες. Οι άνθρωποι που πετυχαίνουν σ’ αυτό τον κόσμο είναι αυτοί που προχωρούν, διαλέγουν τις συνθήκες και τις περιστάσεις που θέλουν κι όταν δεν τις βρίσκουν τις δημιουργούν.

The American white relegates the black to the rank of shoeshine boy; and he concludes from this that the black is good for nothing but shining shoes.