Truth is a river that is always splitting up into arms that reunite. Islanded between the arms the inhabitants argue for a lifetime as to which is the main river.

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...

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 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...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which...

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...

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and...

When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and...

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...

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

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

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...

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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...

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.

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...

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

Youth is a period of missed opportunities.

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.

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

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