Cyril Connolly ✓

(1903–1974) novelist United Kingdom

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[Wikidata] British author (1903–1974)... | [Wikipedia] Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author o

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• Friendships that last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from them. Dignity
• The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife. Character
• Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. Better
• The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food. Food
• The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life. Establish
• Youth is a period of missed opportunities. Missed
• Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose. Inspirational
• The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. Bondage
• The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other… Any
• A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent. Best
• There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover Fury
• Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to… Always Splitting
• I review novels to make money, because it is easier for a sluggard to write an article a fortnight than a book a year, because… Action
• There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall Art
• The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we learned with her as fast as fear could teach us. Able
• Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising. Call
• The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him Dignity
• Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be read once. Art
• A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends Condemned

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