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It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.

~Cyril Connolly

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The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

~Cyril Connolly

Topics: Bondage Dread Fear Get Get Married Greater Married Than

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Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once.

~Cyril Connolly

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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.

~Cyril Connolly

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Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

~Cyril Connolly

Topics: Missed Opportunities Period Youth

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The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

~Cyril Connolly

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Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.

~Cyril Connolly

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Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.

~Cyril Connolly

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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.

~Cyril Connolly

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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.

~Cyril Connolly

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Journalist

Born: September 10th, 1903

Died: November 26th, 1974

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