Cyril Connolly

Puzzles

• There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the ___ will say.
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Quotes

• Which one of these four quotes is attributed to Cyril Connolly?

  • → Procrastination is the bad habit of putting of until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
  • → Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
  • → Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
  • → Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
  
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• Pick the quote attributed to Cyril Connolly.

  • → Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
  • → All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others.
  • → The secret of success is constancy to purpose.
  • → It is not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
  
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• Select the quotation attributed to Cyril Connolly.

  • → Our hearts were drunk with a beauty. Our eyes could never see.
  • → Happiness cannot be pursued; it must ensue.
  • → There is no more somber enemy of good art than the pram in the hall.
  • → Nothing could be worse than the fear that one had given up too soon, and left one unexpended effort that might have saved the world.
  
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• One of these may be attributed to Cyril Connolly. Which one?

  • → Neither have they hearts to stay, nor wit enough to run away.
  • → Promise is the capacity for letting people down.
  • → History is a relentless master. It has no present, only the past rushing into the future. To try to hold fast is to be swept aside.
  • → The mission of the press is to spread culture while destroying the attention span.
  
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• Which one of these belongs to Cyril Connolly?

  • → His voice was as intimate as the rustle of sheets.
  • → Anybody who finds it easy to make money on the horses is probably in the dog food business.
  • → Life is a maze in which we take the wrong turning before we have learned to walk.
  • → A conference is just an admission that you want somebody to join you in your troubles.
  
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