Evelyn Waugh
"One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die."
Evelyn Waugh
"Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction."
Evelyn Waugh
"We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them."
Evelyn Waugh
"We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school."
Evelyn Waugh
"All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day."
Evelyn Waugh
"He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich."
Evelyn Waugh
"I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners."
Evelyn Waugh
"My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally."
Evelyn Waugh
"If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside."
Evelyn Waugh
"Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and dynamic."
Evelyn Waugh
"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
"We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them..."
Evelyn Waugh
"One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die."
Evelyn Waugh
"An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along."
Evelyn Waugh
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