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

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others...

When we have ceased to love the stench of the human animal, either in others...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution...

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will...

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will...

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.

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

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

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 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...

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...

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 whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

Those whom the Gods would destroy, they first call promising.

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...

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...

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...

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

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

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice.

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 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...

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of...

Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of...

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.