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A woman's desire for revenge outlasts all her other emotions.
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
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Coventry
England
UK
Cyril Vernon Connolly
Emotions
Emotion
Woman
Desire
Women
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Infidelity
Cheating
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The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.
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No-one was ever made wretched in a brothel.
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Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.
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