English - Journalist | September 10, 1903 - November 26, 1974
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post.
Cyril Connolly
MeetWayOverQuickShareCommon
For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?
LibertyWillActTranslation
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities whom we do not control.
MemoriesControlWhomOurReturned
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.
PastSweetDeadOnlySmellsThing
Youth is a period of missed opportunities.
YouthOpportunitiesMissedPeriod
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
AppreciationPeopleOthersCharming
When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types.
GrowYoungFaithfulLoyalOlder
No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
MorningWalkManCityOutLarge
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing.
WorkGoodMistakeGood WorkDoing
The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.
ArtistPayLeisureCannotWhoHis
Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.
PresentNameInfiniteLivingOnly
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends.
ThoughtsFriendsPersonLazyWill
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