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Author - Cyril Connolly
Quotes by : Cyril Connolly
reason
The man who is master of his passions is Reason's slave.
pity
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.
greed
Greed like the love of comfort is a kind of fear.
illusion
We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament and embrace it with passion if we want....
Know
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
Ignorance
Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.
acceptance
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence to be always calm ... to let each wave of life....
writers on writing
A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may....
Calm
The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life....
love
Two fears alternate in marriage, of loneliness and of bondage. The dread of loneliness being keener than....
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