Evelyn Waugh Quotes

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

Alone, Might, Force

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.
Evelyn Waugh

Bad, Read, Books

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

Truth, Beautiful, Young

There are no poetic ideas; only poetic utterances.
Evelyn Waugh

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

Person, Himself, Religious

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.
Evelyn Waugh

Good, School, Four

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?
Evelyn Waugh

Woman, Before, Youth

When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
Evelyn Waugh

You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course.
Evelyn Waugh

Find, Except, Among

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Author

Born: October 28, 1903

Died: April 10, 1966

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