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

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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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...

Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between...

Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between...

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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.

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

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

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,...

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,...

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

For what is liberty but the unhampered translation of will into act?

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

The man who is master of his passions is reason's slave

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...

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will...

Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will...

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

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...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to...

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

If you want to know who your friends are, get yourself a jail sentence.

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor...

Publishing is a business, but journalism never was and is not essentially a business. Nor...

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

Let us be lazy in everything, except in loving and drinking, except in being lazy.

I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent...

I do not want to die...until I have faithfully made the most of my talent...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...

There are two distinct classes of what are called thoughts: those that we produce in...