What did Cyril Connolly mean by: When young we are faithful to individuals, when older we grow loyal to situations and to types. - Cyril Connolly Critic · England Copy
+ The true index of a man’s character is the health of his wife. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Health, Inspiration, Marriage, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ The only way for writers to meet is to share a quick peek over a common lamp-post. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Lamps, 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
+ Everything is a dangerous drug except reality which is unendurable. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Drug, History, Reality, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ Melancholy and remorse forms the deep leaden keel which enables us to sail into the wind of reality. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Reality, Sad, Wind, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Literature, Produce, Tasks, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Death, Funny, Suicide, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
+ No taste is so acquired as that for someone else’s quality of mind. Feraz Zeid, December 25, 2023January 10, 2024, Cyril Connolly, Literature, Mind, Quality, 0 - Cyril Connolly Critic · England
The greatest masterpiece in literature is only a dictionary out of order. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Le mensonge et les vers de tout temps sont amis. Lies and literature have always been friends. - Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
There can be no freedom in art and literature where the government determines who shall create them. Explain - Ludwig von Mises Economist · Austria
Poverty is the only load which is the heavier the more loved ones there are to assist in bearing it. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
I have made as much out of myself as could be made of the stuff, and no man should require more. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
Variety of mere nothings gives more pleasure than uniformity of something. - Jean Paul Writer · Germany
I think it is a mistake to identify a movie according to its language, as if movies were literature. - Jean-Jacques Annaud Director · France