Cyril Vernon Connolly CBE (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon (1940–49) and wrote Enemies of Promise (1938), which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the...
It is only in the country that we can get to know a person or a book.
Everything is a dangerous drug except reality, which is unendurable.
Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of the Gods.
To witness two lovers is a spectacle for the gods.