Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life.

Quote by Cyril Connolly

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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...

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...

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...

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...

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what...

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself...

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself...

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 secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm...

The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm...

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

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

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...

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a...

Even the best writer has to erase

Even the best writer has to erase

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many...

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many...