Cyril Connolly Quote

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


The Unquiet Grave (1944)


The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence – luxury, scepticism, weariness and superstition – are...

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence – luxury, scepticism, weariness and superstition – are...

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence – luxury, scepticism, weariness and superstition – are...

The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence – luxury, scepticism, weariness and superstition – are...