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In youth the life of reason is not in itself sufficient afterwards the life of emotion, except for short periods, becomes unbearable.

Cyril Connolly

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Cyril Connolly
Age: 71 †
Born: 1903
Born: September 10
Died: 1974
Died: November 26
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Literary Critic
Novelist
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Cyril Vernon Connolly
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Youth
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Emotion
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Afterwards
Feelings
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Reason
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