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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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

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

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Fear
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There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. – Cyril Connolly

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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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Epitaphs

Dont pity me now, dont pity me never; Im going to do nothing for ever and ever. – James Agate

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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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