The best philosophical attitude to adopt towards the world is a union of the sarcasm of gaiety with the indulgence of contempt.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort (1741–1794), French writer, wit. Maximes et Pensées, vol. 1, no. 31 (1796, trans. 1902).