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
There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say. – Cyril Connolly
The true index of a mans character is the health of his wife. – Cyril Connolly
The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, — luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, — are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. – Cyril Connolly