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Evelyn Waugh quotes: You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them You spend the first term at Oxford meeting interesting and exciting people and the rest of your time there avoiding them
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. 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: The anguished suspense of watching the lips you hunger for, framing the words, the death sentence, of sheer triteness! The anguished suspense of watching the lips you hunger for, framing the words, the death sentence, of sheer triteness!
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost. Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in 'Old Maid'; the player who is finally left with it has lost.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up. It doesn't matter what people call you unless they call you pigeon pie and eat you up.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: We possess nothing certainly except the past We possess nothing certainly except the past
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I think there's almost nothing I can't excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic. I think there's almost nothing I can't excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason that he is anxious to conceal. I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason that he is anxious to conceal.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: It would be a dull world if we all thought alike. It would be a dull world if we all thought alike.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I have no technical psychological interest; it is drama, speech,and events that interest me. I have no technical psychological interest; it is drama, speech,and events that interest me.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: This war has begun in darkness and it will end in silence. This war has begun in darkness and it will end in silence.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas' 'Did you?' 'I think so. I don't remember it much, and that's always a good sign, isn't it? Yes, I was determined to have a happy Christmas' 'Did you?' 'I think so. I don't remember it much, and that's always a good sign, isn't it?
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Words should be an intense pleasure just as leather should be to a shoemaker. Words should be an intense pleasure just as leather should be to a shoemaker.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Oh, I shouldn't try to teach them anything, not just yet, anyway. Just keep them quiet. Oh, I shouldn't try to teach them anything, not just yet, anyway. Just keep them quiet.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian. So through a world of piety I made my way to Sebastian.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: The Second World War wasn't bad provided you were with nice people. The Second World War wasn't bad provided you were with nice people.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me. I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: He did not fail in love, but he lost the joy of it [...] He did not fail in love, but he lost the joy of it [...]
Evelyn Waugh quotes: The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless. The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly
perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: No one is ever holy without suffering. No one is ever holy without suffering.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: O God, make me good, but not yet. O God, make me good, but not yet.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: ...that kernel of gaiety that never breaks. ...that kernel of gaiety that never breaks.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: We are American at puberty. We die French. We are American at puberty. We die French.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Do you want to change?" "It's the only evidence of life. Do you want to change?"
"It's the only evidence of life.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: An artist must be a reactionary An artist must be a reactionary
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Brenda descended the great staircase step by step through alternations of dusk and rainbow. Brenda descended the great staircase step by step through alternations of dusk and rainbow.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Anyone could write a novel given six weeks, pen paper, and no telephone or wife. Anyone could write a novel given six weeks, pen paper, and no telephone or wife.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases. Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: It is typical of Oxford, I said, to start the new year in autumn. It is typical of Oxford, I said, to start the new year in autumn.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: He was entrancing, with that epicene beauty which in extreme youth sings aloud for love and withers at the first cold wind. He was entrancing, with that epicene beauty which in extreme youth sings aloud for love and withers at the first cold wind.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation. I'm one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: six black Cordelias six black Cordelias
Evelyn Waugh quotes: [f]ortune is the lease capricious of deities, and arranges things on the just and rigid system that no one shall be very happy for very long. [f]ortune is the lease capricious of deities, and arranges things on the just and rigid system that no one shall be very happy for very long.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body. I suppose it's something to do with her black-brained religion not to take care of the body.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Beware the Anglo-Catholics. They're all sodomites with unpleasant accents." --Cousin Jasper Beware the Anglo-Catholics. They're all sodomites with unpleasant accents." --Cousin Jasper
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. 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: Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance. Literature is the right use of language irrespective of the subject or reason of utterance.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: These memories, which are my lifefor we possess nothing certainly except the pastwere always with me. These memories, which are my life
for we possess nothing certainly except the past
were always with me.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Ah well, to the journalist every country is rich. Ah well, to the journalist every country is rich.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line. Instruction would be wasted on me. Just to give me the form and I'll sign on the dotted line.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales. We can trace almost all the disasters of English history to the influence of Wales.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'William Boot Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole.'
William Boot
Evelyn Waugh quotes: One has to regard a man as a Master who can produce on average three uniquely brilliant and entirely original similes to every page. One has to regard a man as a Master who can produce on average three uniquely brilliant and entirely original similes to every page.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret. My father greeted me with his usual air of mild regret.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Here my last love had died. Here my last love had died.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down. That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'. Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: If only people realized Corbusier is pure nineteenth century, Manchester school utilitarian, and that's why they like him. If only people realized Corbusier is pure nineteenth century, Manchester school utilitarian, and that's why they like him.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I know I am awful. But how much more awful I should be without the Faith. I know I am awful. But how much more awful I should be without the Faith.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Faster ... Faster ... it'll stop all right when the time comes ... Faster ... Faster ... it'll stop all right when the time comes ...
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I'm quite deaf now; such a comfort. I'm quite deaf now; such a comfort.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Free as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel. Free as air; that's what they say- "free as air". Now they bring me my air in an iron barrel.
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. 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: Up to a point, Lord Copper. Up to a point, Lord Copper.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective. I am reading Proust for the first time. Very poor stuff. I think he was mentally defective.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity. Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully. Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: How ungenerously in later life we disclaim the virtuous moods of our youth, living in retrospect long, summer days of unreflecting dissipation. How ungenerously in later life we disclaim the virtuous moods of our youth, living in retrospect long, summer days of unreflecting dissipation.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: There is an Easter sense in which all things are made new in the risen Christ. A tiny gleam of this is reflected in all true art. There is an Easter sense in which all things are made new in the risen Christ. A tiny gleam of this is reflected in all true art.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances. There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes. Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well. If a thing's worth doing at all, it's worth doing well.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now. Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep. I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything. Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
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. 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: Quomondo sedet sola civitas. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Quomondo sedet sola civitas. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: As my intimacy with his family grew, I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him. As my intimacy with his family grew, I became part of the world which he sought to escape; I became one of the bonds which held him.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered. I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic. Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself. The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: [ ... ] a sigh fit for the pillow, the sinking firelight, and a bedroom window open to the stars and the whisper of bare trees. [ ... ] a sigh fit for the pillow, the sinking firelight, and a bedroom window open to the stars and the whisper of bare trees.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day. All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.
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. 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: There is nothing to be gained by multiplying social distinctions indefinitely. There is nothing to be gained by multiplying social distinctions indefinitely.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice. In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book. There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed. I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Success in this world depends on knowing exactly how little effort each job is worth ... distribution of energy ... Success in this world depends on knowing exactly how little effort each job is worth ... distribution of energy ...
Evelyn Waugh quotes: The languor of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost! The languor of Youth - how unique and quintessential it is! How quickly, how irrecoverably, lost!
Evelyn Waugh quotes: There are two distinct kinds of meanness - those which come of loving money and of disliking it. Mine was the latter sort. There are two distinct kinds of meanness - those which come of loving money and of disliking it. Mine was the latter sort.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: There will be a prize of half a crown for the longest essay, irrespective of any possible merit. There will be a prize of half a crown for the longest essay, irrespective of any possible merit.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based. It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth. Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: What is adolescence without trash? What is adolescence without trash?
Evelyn Waugh quotes: The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana Cigar. The most futile and disastrous day seems well spent when it is reviewed through the blue, fragrant smoke of a Havana Cigar.
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. 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: That is not the last word; it is not even an apt word; it is a dead word from ten years back. 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: You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people. You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: [Change is] the only evidence of life. [Change is] the only evidence of life.
Evelyn Waugh quotes: I am sorry to disturb you,' said James politely, 'but these people wished to shoot us. I am sorry to disturb you,' said James politely, 'but these people wished to shoot us.
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. 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: 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. 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: The tour bus was supposed to be here ten minutes ago. Would it be possible to give them a ring to check they've not forgotten us? The tour bus was supposed to be here ten minutes ago. Would it be possible to give them a ring to check they've not forgotten us?
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. I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence.

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