“In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.”
— Cyril Connolly
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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance
“Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.”
— Cyril Connolly
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As repressed sadists are supposed to become
“As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.”
— Cyril Connolly
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Hate is the consequence of fear; we
“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
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Classical and romantic: private language of a
“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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Those of us who were brought up
“Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action.”
— Cyril Connolly
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There is no pain equal to that
“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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Today the function of the artist is
“Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth.”
— Cyril Connolly
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The secret of success is to be
“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
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No city should be too large for
“No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.”
— Cyril Connolly
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The artist one day falls through a
“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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Category: art
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