Cyril Connolly's Quote - Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, inf

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Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness. – Cyril Connolly

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The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. – Cyril Connolly

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It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing. – Cyril Connolly

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No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. – Cyril Connolly

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