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The artist secretes nostalgia around life.

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
Life
Secretes
Nostalgia
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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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