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

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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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...

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out.

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out.

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...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself...

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

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

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...

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

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

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout...

A life based on reason will always require to be balanced by an occasional bout...

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 greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

The greatest problem with women is how to contrive that they should seem our equals

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the...

The friendships which last are those wherein each friend respects the other's dignity to the...

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,...

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

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

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of...

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of love on one side and of...

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...

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...

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

Greed, like the love of comfort, is a kind of fear.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and...

Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and...