There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbours will say. – Cyril Connolly
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
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
The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married. – Cyril Connolly