Quotes by Connolly, Cyril

Except for poverty, incompatibility, opposition of parents, absence of >>

It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not wha >>

Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead d >>

Quotations about Decadence

Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfor >>

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the f >>

Every civilization when it loses its inner vision and its cleaner ener >>

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, -- luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, -- are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.

Connolly, Cyril