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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
Written by Cyril Connolly
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post.
Written by Cyril Connolly
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
Written by Cyril Connolly
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
Written by Cyril Connolly
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
Written by Cyril Connolly
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.
Written by Cyril Connolly
When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.
Written by Cyril Connolly
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
Written by Cyril Connolly
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.
Written by Cyril Connolly
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.
Written by Cyril Connolly
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
Written by Cyril Connolly
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.
Written by Cyril Connolly
We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.
Written by Cyril Connolly
There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
Written by Cyril Connolly
In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.
Written by Cyril Connolly

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