What did Cyril Connolly mean by: The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post. - Cyril Connolly Critic · England Copy
+ No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Fog, Morning, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ The books I haven’t written are better than the books other people have. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Book, Work, Writing, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Bad Relationship, Pain, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ Optimism and self-pity are the positive and negative poles of modern cowardice. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Optimism, Self, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Autumn, Lying, Sun, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Writing, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ Idleness is only a coarse name for my infinite capacity for living in the present. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Infinite, Literature, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ We love but once, for once only are we perfectly equipped for loving. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Love, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
Why should the lamp or the house be an art object but not our life? - Michel Foucault Philosopher and historian of ideas · France
An apt quotation is like a lamp which flings its light over the whole sentence. - Letitia Elizabeth Landon Poet · England
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it. - Louis-Ferdinand Celine Writer · France
We are all such a waste of our potential, like three-way lamps using one-way bulbs. - Mignon McLaughlin Writer
Be lamps unto yourselves; be your own confidence. Hold truth within yourselves. - Gautama Buddha Monk · India
Look not for refuge to anyone beside yourself. Heed fast to the truth as a lamp. - Gautama Buddha Monk · India
He who has no light in his heart, what will he gain from the festival of lamps. - Wasif Ali Wasif Writer · Pakistan
