The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven.

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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

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

No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind.

No taste is so acquired as that for someone else's quality of mind.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

The dread of loneliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married.

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

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

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another....

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.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving.

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.

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a...

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a...

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,...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

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...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or...

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...

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child...

Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child...

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

I feel that 'man-hating' is an honorable and viable political act, that the oppressed have...

I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn't interest me

I hate life, I hate death and everything in between just doesn't interest me

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...

We have enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love...