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“As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers.”

Cyril Connolly · Fear

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Cyril Connolly

There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives.

Wisdom

Cyril Connolly

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

Fear

Cyril Connolly

Hate is the consequence of fear we fear something before we hate it a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise.

Fear

Cyril Connolly

The artist one day falls through a hole in the brambles, and from that moment he is following the dark rapids of an underground river which may sometimes flow so near to the surface that the laughing picnic parties are heard above.

Art