Cyril Vernon Connolly was an English intellectual, literary critic and writer.
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“A woman's desire for revenge outlasts all her other emotions”
Cyril Connolly
“The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore.”
“The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the point of not really wanting anything from him”
“Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.”
“All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.”
“A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to second-rate thoughts, and to second-rate friends”
“Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils”
“A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout of violent and irrational emotion, for instinctual drives must be satisfied”
“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.”
“Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.”