Because he was sustained by the presence of the Unseen: he endured as seeing Him who is invisible; and having, despite of panic, by faith forsaken Egypt, he was free from the absorbing anxieties which prevent men from caring for their fellows, free also from the cynical misgivings which suspect that violence is more than justice, that to be righteous over-much is to destroy oneself, and that perhaps, after all, one may see a good deal of wrong without being called upon to interfere.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
A faintly cynical smile played for an instant over Kingsnorth's features.
"The Locusts' Years"
Mary Helen Fee
Knowlton's cynical eye was upon me as I answered; I cared nothing for him this time.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford