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Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh
English Author
Born: Oct 28, 1903
Died: Apr 10, 1966
About Course Get Manners Old You
Related authors: A. A. Milne H. G. Wells J. K. Rowling Lewis Carroll Mary Shelley Samuel Johnson Simon Sinek Terry Pratchett
Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. Evelyn Waugh
Art Destruction Construct Noblest Efforts Refrain Human Symbol Two
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything. Evelyn Waugh
Manners Pretty Get Anything Plain Away Need
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
Needs Rest Year More Over Bed Go Been Why Early Sleep
You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. Evelyn Waugh
You Find Except Never Course England Englishman Among
Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. Evelyn Waugh
Crime Almost Almost All Aesthetic Due Repressed Expression Desire
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. Evelyn Waugh
Needs Words Will Constant Vocabulary Names Die Forgets
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Evelyn Waugh
Will Paradise Promises Every Civilized Absolutely Curious Taste Anyone Which Thing Creed
I put the words down and push them a bit. Evelyn Waugh
Words Down Bit Push Put Them
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
God Simple Kingdom Delicate Oblique Throne Come Learned Always Pray Quite Forgotten Them
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
You Money Old Lost Finally Only Maid Like Odd Left Get Old Maid Useful Rid Who Card Player
There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief. Evelyn Waugh
Draws Religious Religious Belief Clergyman Himself Salary Person Commit Modern Any Full Who Belief Species Need
Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic. Evelyn Waugh
Class People Ought Static Sexes Division Instead Absurd Dynamic
He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. Evelyn Waugh
Wisdom Rich Gifted Sly He Sharp Instinct Self-Preservation Passes Among
Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now. Evelyn Waugh
Old Everyone Has-Been He Been Than Younger Now Grows
We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. Evelyn Waugh
Good Class School Leading Schools First-Rate Grades Four
Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'. Evelyn Waugh
Alone Other Britons Force Nations Might Use
All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day. Evelyn Waugh
Day Together Sleeping Pleasure Fuss Physical About Sooner Go Dentist Any
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside. Evelyn Waugh
Country Out Brought Outside Least Stop Being Literature Stamp
We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit. Evelyn Waugh
Must Temper Discretion Deceit

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