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The man who is master of his passions is Reason's slave.
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
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Cyril Vernon Connolly
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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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