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The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
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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There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.
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The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.
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The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.
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There is no fury like an ex-wife searching for a new lover.
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We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self.
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Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
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When in doubt, choose greatness.
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If Montaigne is a man in the prime of life sitting in his study on a warm morning and putting down the sum of his experience in his rich, sinewy prose, then Pascal is that same man lying awake in the small hours of the night when death seems very close and every thought is heightened by the apprehension that it may be his last.
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English Law: where there are two alternatives: one intelligent, one stupid one attractive, one vulgar one noble, one ape-like one serious and sincere, one undignified and false one far-sighted, one short EVERYBODY will INVARIABLY choose the latter.
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Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.
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Happiness lies in the fulfillment of the spirit through the body.
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The reward of art is not fame or success but intoxication.
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The shock, for an intelligent writer, of discovering for the first time that there are people younger than himself who think him stupid is severe.
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For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
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When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.
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Beautiful women must think about their beauty as capitalists think about their investments or politicians about their majorities it is all they have to insure their places in the world.
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How many books did Renoir write on how to paint?
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Like the bee its sting, the promiscuous leave behind them in each encounter something of themselves by which they are made to suffer.
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Imprisoned in every fat man a thin one is wildly signalling to be let out.
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Longevity is the revenge of talent upon genius.
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