Quotes by Cyril Connolly

All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.

— Cyril Connolly

Wisdom

Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.

— Cyril Connolly

Wisdom

The man who is master of his passions is Reason's slave.

— Cyril Connolly

Wisdom

Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.

— Cyril Connolly

Wisdom

Fallen leaves lying on the grass in the November sun bring more happiness than the daffodils.

— Cyril Connolly

Happiness

We are all serving a life-sentence in the dungeon of self.

— Cyril Connolly

Life

There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say.

— Cyril Connolly

Courage