What did Cyril Connolly mean by: In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. Cyril Connolly Critic · England Copy
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Connection, Solitude, Understanding, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Cowardice, Optimism, Self-pity, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
While thoughts exist, words are alive and literature becomes an escape, not from, but into living. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Escape, Literature, Words, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
In my religion all believers would stop work at sundown and have a drink together. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Celebration, Religion, Unity, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Collaboration, Connection, Creativity, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
The books I haven’t written are better than the books other people have. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Comparison, Confidence, Jealousy, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Generations, Legacy, Respect, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Only by avoiding the beginning of things can we escape their end. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Cyril Connolly, Avoidance, Consequences, Escape, 0 Cyril Connolly Critic · England
A man can keep another’s secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
I won’t undertake war until I have tried all the arts and means of peace. François Rabelais Author · France
Women keep no secrets, and I know many men, who are women in this regard. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
All roads lead to Rome, but our antagonists think we should choose different paths. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
