He [George Orwell] would not blow his nose without moralising on conditions in the handkerchief industry.
Cyril ConnollyIn the sex war, thoughtlessness is the weapon of the male, vindictiveness of the female.
Cyril ConnollyDining out is a vice, a dissipation of spirit punished by remorse. We eat, drink, and talk a little too much, abuse all our friends, belch out our literary preferences and are egged on by accomplices in the audience to acts of mental exhibitionism. Such evenings cannot fail to diminish those who take part in them. They end on Monkey Hill.
Cyril Connolly