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Evelyn Waugh Quotes

Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better Picture Quote #1

You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them Picture Quote #1

Never get mixed up in a Welsh wrangle. It doesn't end in blows like an Irish one, but goes on forever Picture Quote #1

I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience Picture Quote #1

A whole gothic world had come to grief... There was now no armour glittering through the forest glades, no embroidered feet on the green sward; the cream and dappled unicorns had fled Picture Quote #1

My father from long habit took a book with him to the table and then, remembering my presence, furtively dropped it under his chair Picture Quote #1

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There was a change in both of us. We had lost a sense of discovery which had infused the anarchy of our first year Picture Quote #1

If she looked further than the wedding, it was to see marriage as the beginning of individual existence, this skirmish from which one one's spurs, from which one set out on the true quests of life Picture Quote #1

Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line Picture Quote #1

There was one thing unforgivable, like things in the schoolroom so bad that only Mommy could deal with, to set up a rival good to God's Picture Quote #1

Rex has never been unkind to me intentionally. It's just that he isn't a real person at all; he's just a few faculties of a man highly developed; the rest simply isn't there Picture Quote #1

The cream and hot butter mingled and overflowed separating each glucose bead of caviar from its fellows, capping it in white and gold Picture Quote #1

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I can quite understand that many people may be depressed by the spectacle of naked humanity. Personally I cannot see that an ugly body is any more offensive than an ugly dress Picture Quote #1

What is it about being on a boat that makes everyone behave like a film star? Picture Quote #1

Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist Picture Quote #1

At night his most frequent recurring dream was of doing The Times crossword puzzle; his most disagreeable that he was reading a tedious book aloud to his family Picture Quote #1

The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly - perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless Picture Quote #1

Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified Picture Quote #1

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I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence Picture Quote #1

Not for her the cruel, delicate luxury of choice, the indolent, cat and mouse pastimes of the hearth rug. No Penelope she; she must hunt in the forest Picture Quote #1

She was daily surprised by the things he knew and the things he did not know; both, at the time, added to his attraction Picture Quote #1

The avalanche was down, the hillside swept bare behind it; the last echoes died on the white slopes; the new mount glittered and lay still in the silent valley Picture Quote #1

Success in this world depends on knowing exactly how little effort each job is worth... distribution of energy Picture Quote #1

Miss Runcible wore trousers and Miles touched up his eye - lashes in the dining - room of the hotel where they stopped for luncheon. So they were asked to leave Picture Quote #1

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It's awful to think that I shall probably never, as long as I live, see you dancing like that again all by yourself Picture Quote #1

My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war time Picture Quote #1

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? Picture Quote #1

There aren't many left like him nowadays, what with education and whisky the price it is Picture Quote #1

It doesn’t matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up Picture Quote #1

O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin, Picture Quote #1

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Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Never get mixed up in a Welsh wrangle. It doesn't end in blows like an Irish one, but goes on forever (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) A whole gothic world had come to grief... There was now no armour glittering through the forest glades, no embroidered feet on the green sward; the cream and dappled unicorns had fled (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) My father from long habit took a book with him to the table and then, remembering my presence, furtively dropped it under his chair (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) There was a change in both of us. We had lost a sense of discovery which had infused the anarchy of our first year (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) If she looked further than the wedding, it was to see marriage as the beginning of individual existence, this skirmish from which one one's spurs, from which one set out on the true quests of life (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) There was one thing unforgivable, like things in the schoolroom so bad that only Mommy could deal with, to set up a rival good to God's (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Rex has never been unkind to me intentionally. It's just that he isn't a real person at all; he's just a few faculties of a man highly developed; the rest simply isn't there (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The cream and hot butter mingled and overflowed separating each glucose bead of caviar from its fellows, capping it in white and gold (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) I can quite understand that many people may be depressed by the spectacle of naked humanity. Personally I cannot see that an ugly body is any more offensive than an ugly dress (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) What is it about being on a boat that makes everyone behave like a film star? (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Every Englishman abroad, until it is proved to the contrary, likes to consider himself a traveller and not a tourist (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) At night his most frequent recurring dream was of doing The Times crossword puzzle; his most disagreeable that he was reading a tedious book aloud to his family (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly - perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Not for her the cruel, delicate luxury of choice, the indolent, cat and mouse pastimes of the hearth rug. No Penelope she; she must hunt in the forest (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) She was daily surprised by the things he knew and the things he did not know; both, at the time, added to his attraction (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) The avalanche was down, the hillside swept bare behind it; the last echoes died on the white slopes; the new mount glittered and lay still in the silent valley (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Success in this world depends on knowing exactly how little effort each job is worth... distribution of energy (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) Miss Runcible wore trousers and Miles touched up his eye - lashes in the dining - room of the hotel where they stopped for luncheon. So they were asked to leave (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) It's awful to think that I shall probably never, as long as I live, see you dancing like that again all by yourself (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) My theme is memory, that winged host that soared about me one grey morning of war time (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) There aren't many left like him nowadays, what with education and whisky the price it is (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) It doesn’t matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up (Evelyn Waugh Quotes) O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin, (Evelyn Waugh Quotes)

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