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 civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for...

The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for...

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

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

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,...

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...

If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn,...

If our elaborate and dominating bodies are given us to be denied at every turn,...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a...

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...

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...

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

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

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

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see...

Electricity is actually made up of extremely tiny particles called electrons that you cannot see...