Quote by Cyril Connolly
As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers

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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Civilization is maintained by a very few people in a small number of places and we need only some bombs and a few prisons to blot it out altogether. – Cyril Connolly

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Terrorism
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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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Fear
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There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. – Cyril Connolly

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I find fear is a great motivator to work hard. – Greg Kinnear

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My only fear is that I may live too long. This would be a subject of dread to me. – Thomas Jefferson

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Injustice is censured because the censures are afraid of suffering, and not from any fear which they have of doing injustice. – Plato

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Listen to what you know instead of what you fear. – Richard Bach

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