Quote by Cyril Connolly
Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph -- green leaves, dear r

Green leaves on a dead tree is our epitaph — green leaves, dear reader, on a dead tree. – Cyril Connolly

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Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth. – Cyril Connolly

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When I die, my epitaph should read: She Paid the Bills. Thats the story of my private life. – Gloria Swanson

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An epitaph is a belated advertisement for a line of goods that has been discontinued. – Irvin S. Cobb

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Reading the epitaphs, our only salvation lies in resurrecting the dead and burying the living. – Paul Eldridge

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Nor has his death the world deceivd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman livd least he like a wise one dyd. – Miguel de Cervantes

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