~ 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. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy ~ 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. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once ~ Cyril Connolly
~ Youth is a period of missed opportunities. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends ~ Cyril Connolly
~ All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- LUXURY, scepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ Imprisoned in every fat man, a thin one is wildly signaling to be let out. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. ~ Cyril Connolly
~ Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. ~ Cyril Connolly
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