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Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.

Cyril Connolly

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Cyril Connolly
Age: 71 †
Born: 1903
Born: September 10
Died: 1974
Died: November 26
Critic
Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Cyril Vernon Connolly
Grass
Leaves
Sun
Bring
Daffodils
Lying
Daffodil
Happiness
November
Autumn
Fallen

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