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Quotes by Evelyn Waugh

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He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Among Gifted He Instinct Passes Rich Self-Preservation Sharp Sly Wisdom

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Bored Punctuality Virtue

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Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Aesthetic Almost Almost All Crime Desire Due Expression Repressed

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

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Affection Children Daughter Despise Equally Now Second Seven Unhealthy

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

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Constant Die Forgets Names Needs Vocabulary Will Words

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In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Come Dying National Quotation Vice World

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Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Father Father And Son Guest Happiest Host Perhaps Really Relation Son

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Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Action Actions Alone Determines Worth Your

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All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: About Any Day Dentist Fuss Go Physical Pleasure Sleeping Sooner Together

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Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

~Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Been Everyone Grows He Now Old Than Younger

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: October 28th, 1903

Died: April 10th, 1966

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