Author: Evelyn Waugh

Quotes

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.

- Evelyn Waugh

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

- Evelyn Waugh

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

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

- Evelyn Waugh

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

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

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

- Evelyn Waugh

Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.

Other nations use 'force'; we Britons alone use 'Might'.

- Evelyn Waugh

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

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

- Evelyn Waugh

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