If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn, if our nature is always wrong and wicked, how ineffectual we are - like fishes not meant to swim

Quote by Cyril Connolly

Topics: Body Quotes

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

The true index of a man's character is the health of his wife.

The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we learned with her...

The headmistress was an able instructress in French and history and we learned with her...

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task...

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task...

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

Industrial society seems likely to be entering a period of severe stress, due in part...

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and...

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and...

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present.

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

There is no fury like a woman searching for a new lover

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he starts out, have condemned himself to...

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

Like water, we are truest to our nature in repose.

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment...

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.

In America every woman has her set of girl- friends; some are cousins, the rest...

In America every woman has her set of girl- friends; some are cousins, the rest...

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will...

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion,...

We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion,...

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public...