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Quote by Cyril Connolly
A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will ha

A lazy person, whatever the talents with which he set out, will have condemned himself to second-hand thoughts and to second-rate friends. – Cyril Connolly

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Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature. – Cyril Connolly

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Family
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Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way. – Cyril Connolly

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Hate
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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

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Fear
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It is better to sit down than to stand, it is better to lie down than to sit, but death is the best of all. – Proverb

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Ambition is a poor excuse for not having sense enough to be lazy. – Charlie McCarthy

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Laziness

How can a society that exists on instant mashed potatoes, packaged cake mixes, frozen dinners, and instant cameras teach patience to its young? – Paul Sweeney

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Laziness

If Joan of Arc could turn the tide of an entire ware before her 18th birthday, you can get out of bed. – E. Jean Carroll

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Art is a step from what is obvious and well-known toward what is arcane and concealed. – Khalil Gibran

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Gods way of answering the Christians prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often is to put him into the furnace of affliction. – Richard Cecil

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Experience

The garden of love is green without limit and yields many fruit other than sorrow and joy. – Rumi

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The education of the will is the object of our existence. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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