Memorable Quotes and quotations from Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh English novelist & satirist (1903 - 1966)Evelyn Waugh - - I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author. Evelyn Waugh - - We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them. Evelyn Waugh - - What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? Evelyn Waugh - - Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable. Evelyn Waugh - - Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh - Work Suspended (1943) - Suffering is none the less acute and much more lasting when it is put into words. Evelyn Waugh - - It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Evelyn Waugh - - It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Evelyn Waugh - - Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh - Diaries of Evelyn Waugh (1976) - Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh - - What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? Evelyn Waugh - - Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything. |
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