A romantic interest in our own sex, not necessarily carried as far as physical experiments, was the intellectual fashion.
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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.
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Cyril Connolly (70)
Birth: | 10th July, 1903 |
Death: | 26th November, 1974 |
Nationality: | British |
Profession: | Writer |
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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.
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