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The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.
Cyril Connolly
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Cyril Connolly
Age: 71 †
Born: 1903
Born: September 10
Died: 1974
Died: November 26
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Coventry
England
UK
Cyril Vernon Connolly
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