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Evelyn Waugh Quotes

In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice. No one would think of making an after - dinner speech without the help of poetry. It used to be the classics, now it's lyric verse Picture Quote #1

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic Picture Quote #1

It is a curious thing... That every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste Picture Quote #1

My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally Picture Quote #1

News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. and it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead Picture Quote #1

One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die Picture Quote #1

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Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom Picture Quote #1

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases Picture Quote #1

The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish Picture Quote #1

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up Picture Quote #1

We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them - a diminishing number in my case Picture Quote #1

If it could only be like this always - always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe Picture Quote #1

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She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked Picture Quote #1

You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being Picture Quote #1

There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York Picture Quote #1

Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore Picture Quote #1

The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers Picture Quote #1

Those huge novels from North America are not the product of diligence; hard labour would refine and clarify them Picture Quote #1

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Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God Picture Quote #1

That was the change in her from ten years ago; that, indeed, was her reward, this haunting, magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence; it was the completion of her beauty Picture Quote #1

These memories, which are my life - for we possess nothing certainly except the past - were always with me Picture Quote #1

Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all Picture Quote #1

The anguished suspense of watching the lips you hunger for, framing the words, the death sentence, of sheer triteness! Picture Quote #1

I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember Picture Quote #1

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That is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back Picture Quote #1

Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully Picture Quote #1

But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into the depths of confusion you didn't know existed Picture Quote #1

It is easy, retrospectively, to endow one's youth with a false precocity or a false innocence; to tamper with the dates marking one's stature on the edge of the door Picture Quote #1

Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them Picture Quote #1

For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy Picture Quote #1

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In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice. No one would think of making an after - dinner speech without the help of poetry. It used to be the classics, now it's lyric verse (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) It is a curious thing... That every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. and it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them - a diminishing number in my case (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) If it could only be like this always - always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Those huge novels from North America are not the product of diligence; hard labour would refine and clarify them (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) That was the change in her from ten years ago; that, indeed, was her reward, this haunting, magical sadness which spoke straight to the heart and struck silence; it was the completion of her beauty (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) These memories, which are my life - for we possess nothing certainly except the past - were always with me (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Sometimes, I feel the past and the future pressing so hard on either side that there's no room for the present at all (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The anguished suspense of watching the lips you hunger for, framing the words, the death sentence, of sheer triteness! (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) I should like to bury something precious in every place where I've been happy and then, when I'm old and ugly and miserable, I could come back and dig it up and remember (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) That is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into the depths of confusion you didn't know existed (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) It is easy, retrospectively, to endow one's youth with a false precocity or a false innocence; to tamper with the dates marking one's stature on the edge of the door (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy (Evelyn Waugh Quotes)

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