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

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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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...

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.

A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent.

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

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

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...

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational...

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational...

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...

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...

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of...

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of...

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

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

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.

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

The artist is a member of the leisured classes who cannot pay for his leisure.

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.

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...

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

There is no more sombre enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

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

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...

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

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 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.