“Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: fear
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It is only in the country that
“It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: nature
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Words today are like the shells and
“Words today are like the shells and rope of seaweed which a child brings home glistening from the beach and which in an hour have lost their luster.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: home
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The worst vice of the solitary is
“The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: food
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There are many who dare not kill
“There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: fear
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The dread of lonliness is greater than
“The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: fear
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We love but once, for once only
“We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.”
— Cyril Connolly
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: love
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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
Author: Cyril Connolly
Category: science
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