He reduced everything to politics; he was also unalterably … - Cyril Connolly

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He reduced everything to politics; he was also unalterably of the Left. His line may have been unpopular or unfashionable, but he followed it unhesitatingly; in fact it was an obsession. He could not blow his nose without moralising on conditions in the handkerchief industry.

Cyril Connolly

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Cyril Vernon Connolly (10 September 1903 – 26 November 1974) was an English author, editor and critic.

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