We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion — Cyril Connolly
Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination — Cyril Connolly
Those of us who were brought up as christians and have lost our faith have retained the — Cyril Connolly
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. — Cyril Connolly
Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need — Cyril Connolly
Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the — Cyril Connolly
All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. — Cyril Connolly
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. — Cyril Connolly
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself — Cyril Connolly
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. — Cyril Connolly
The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to — Cyril Connolly
The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven. — Cyril Connolly
Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium. — Cyril Connolly
Purity engenders wisdom, passion avarice, and ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. — Cyril Connolly
Our memories are card indexes consulted and then returned in disorder by authorities — Cyril Connolly
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. — Cyril Connolly
In the s*ex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female. — Cyril Connolly
It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that — Cyril Connolly