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Quote by Cyril Connolly
We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. - C

We are all serving a life sentence in the dungeon of the self. – Cyril Connolly

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

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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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