A romantic interest in our own sex, not necessarily carried as far as physical experiments, was the intellectual fashion.
Cyril Connolly Quotes
Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
Similar Quotes
Cricket is the greatest game that the wit of man has yet devised.
- Sir Pelham WarnerAdvertising is selling Twinkies to adults.
- Donald R. VanceThe struggle of the male to learn to listen to and respect his own intuitive, inner prompt...
- Herb GoldbergEach generation of the church in each setting has the responsibility of communicating the ...
- Francis SchaefferEach had defended his own country; the Germans Germany, the Frenchmen France; they had don...
- Ernst TollerComments on: "Cyril Connolly Quotes: Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising."
Cyril Connolly (70)
Birth: | 10th July, 1903 |
Death: | 26th November, 1974 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Writer |
About
Cyril Vernon Connolly was an English intellectual, literary critic and writer. He was the editor of the influential literary magazine Horizon and wrote Enemies of Promise , which combined literary criticism with an autobiographical exploration of why he failed to become the successful author of fiction that he had aspired to be in his youth.
Related Authors
Advertisement
Today's Anniversary - 27th December
Births
- 1906 - Oscar Levant
- 1976 - Aaron Stanford
- 1965 - Salman Khan
- 1931 - Scotty Moore
- 1942 - Thomas Menino
Deaths
- 2003 - Alan Bates
- 1985 - Potter Stewart
- 1938 - Zona Gale
- 1994 - Marjorie Joyner
Quote of the day
Popular Topics
Advice Quotes
Motivational Quotes
Art Quotes
Attitude Quotes
Baby Quotes
Break Up Quotes
Clever Quotes
Emotion Quotes
Environment Quotes
Future Quotes
Inspirational Quotes
Job Quotes
Kindness Quotes
Mother Quotes
Sympathy Quotes
Wedding Quotes
Funny Quotes
Death Quotes
Ability Quotes
Decisions Quotes
Dedication Quotes
Economy Quotes
Wisdom Quotes
Sports Quotes
Democracy Quotes
Justice Quotes
Progress Quotes
Respect Quotes
Teamwork Quotes
Facebook Status Quotes
About Quoteswave
Quoteswave have collection of famous quotes and sayings by popular authors. We have biggest database of famous proverbs and quotes with images. We have categorized all quotes with different topics and tags like love quotes, inspirational, motivational, life, friendship, success, smile, achievement and belief quotes. Everyone love good meaningful quotes so share famous picture quotes with your friends and loved one.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
Our mission is to motivate, boost self confiedence and inspire people to Love life, live life and surf life with words.
X
Share with your friends