"Purity engenders Wisdom, Passion avarice, and Ignorance folly, infatuation and darkness."
-Cyril Connolly
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"There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives."
-Cyril Connolly
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"In the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female."
-Cyril Connolly
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"The secret of success is to be in harmony with existence, to be always calm to let each wave of life wash us a little farther up the shore."
-Cyril Connolly
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"Today the function of the artist is to bring imagination to science and science to imagination, where they meet, in the myth."
-Cyril Connolly
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"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."
-Cyril Connolly
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"Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country."
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"I learned that people everywhere are basically the same and have similar goals that we do. They want health and happiness and the opportunity to provide for their families."
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