#al

As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#butchers #fear #irrational #life #policemen

No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#large #man #morning #out #should

Vulgarity is the garlic in the salad of life. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#life #salad #vulgarity

Rather than viewing a brief relapse back to inactivity as a failure, treat it as a challenge and try to get back on track as soon as possible. ↗

— Jimmy Connors

#brief #challenge #failure #get #inactivity

They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#betraying #bond #conscience #country #first

Words, as is well known, are the great foes of reality. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#great #known #reality #well #well known

History repeats itself, but the special call of an art which has passed away is never reproduced. It is as utterly gone out of the world as the song of a destroyed wild bird. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#away #bird #call #destroyed #gone

An artist is a man of action, whether he creates a personality, invents an expedient, or finds the issue of a complicated situation. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#artist #complicated #creates #expedient #finds

He who wants to persuade should put his trust not in the right argument, but in the right word. The power of sound has always been greater than the power of sense. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#argument #been #greater #his #persuade

Romance is tempestuous. Love is calm. ↗

— Mason Cooley

#calm #love #love is #romance #tempestuous