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Cyril Connolly was a prominent British literary critic and writer, known for his profound insights into modern literature and culture. His works include literary criticism, novels, and essays, with his most famous works being 'The Enemies' and 'The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft'. Connolly's writing style was unique, characterized by satire and wit.

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“We fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noises.”

Hate Fear Thom Rutledge Embracing Fear

Author:Cyril Connolly

“We fear something before we hate.”

Hate Anticipation

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“There is no hate without fear. Hate is crystallized fear, fear's dividend, fear objectivized. We hate what we fear and so where hate is, fear is lurking. Thus we hate what threatens our person, our liberty, our privacy, our income, our popularity, our vanity and our dreams and plans for ourselves. If we can isolate this element in what we hate we may be able to cease from hating... Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.”

Ifs Men May Children Persons Dream Hate Liberty Plans Elements Consequence Cease Income Noise Vanity Privacy Popularity Our Dreams Dividends Lurking No Hate

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“There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another... It is when we begin to hurt those whom we love that the guilt with which we are born becomes intolerable, and since all those whom we love intensely and continuously grow part of us, and since we hate ourselves in them, so we torture ourselves and them together.”

Two Pain Together Hate Grows Born Hurt Lovers Equal Guilt Torture No Pain Two Lovers

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“Hate is crystallized fear, fear's dividend, fear objectivized. We hate what we fear and so where hate is, fear will be lurking.”

Hate Hatred Dividends Lurking No Hate

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“Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate; a child who fears noises becomes the man who hates them.”

Men Children Hate Fear Consequence Hatred Noise Hate And Fear No Hate

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“Nothing dates like hate and in literature a little of it goes a very long way.”

Way Littles Long Hate Literature Long Way

Book:The evening colonnade

Source: The evening colonnade

About the Author

Born: September 10, 1903
Died: November 26, 1974
Known for: Critic
Quotes: 171

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Books & Sources

Enemies of PromiseRelated source material

Cyril Connolly: journal and memoirRelated source material

Enemies of promise and other essays: an autobiography of ideasRelated source material

The Condemned PlaygroundRelated source material

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The Unquiet Grave: A Word Cycle by PalinurusRelated source material

The selected essays of Cyril ConnollyRelated source material

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