"I have heard it said by scholars, that cynical means doggish in Greek.

The fable of the dog in the horse's manger was invented to define the real cynic--the man who neither enjoys life himself nor will allow other people to enjoy it.

I am not such a man.

I hope you, for instance, will enjoy everything that comes in your way." "Even the cold meat after the dessert which you spoke of just now ?" asked Donna Tullia.

"Thank you--I will try; perhaps you can help me." "My son despised it," said Saracinesca.