Cyril Connolly Quote

English Law: where there are two alternatives: one intelligent, one stupid; one attractive, one vulgar; one noble, one ape-like; one serious and sincere, one undignified and false; one far-sighted, one short; EVERYBODY will INVARIABLY choose the latter.

Cyril Connolly: journal and memoir (ed. HarperCollins, 1983) - ISBN: 9780002165464