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I’m one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.

Evelyn Waugh

For in that city -New York; there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy.
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Energy Mistake People Resident
The great charm in argument is really finding one’s own opinions, not other people’s.
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Argument Greatness Opinion People
I think there’s almost nothing I can’t excuse except perhaps worshiping graven images. That seems to be idiotic.
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Excuse Image Myself Stupidity Thinking Worship
If a thing’s worth doing at all, it’s worth doing well.
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Work Worth
There’s only one great evil in the world today. Despair.
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Evil Greatness Oneself World
Its a rather pleasant change when all your life you’ve had people looking after you, to have someone to look after yourself. Only of course it has to be someone pretty hopeless to need looking after by me.
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Change Happiness Hope Life Myself People
To understand all is to forgive all.
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Deep Forgiveness One Liner Understand Wisdom
Remember that, however patient your study, you will never in adult life learn any language perfectly; the best you can hope for is to be a bore.
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Adult Best Boredom Education Hope Language Life Patience Perfection Remember Study Yourself
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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Meaning Vulgar Word
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.
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Lost Money Philosophy Player
A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing tender emotions , but of intelligence, skill, taste, proportion, knowledge, discipline and industry; especially discipline.
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Art Beautiful Discipline Experience Thinking Work
An artist must be a reactionary. He has to stand out against the tenor of the age and not go flopping along.
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Age Artist Flop Reaction Stand
Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?
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Hide Orphan Storm
You don’t remove the evil in a person by killing the person.
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Evil Kill Person Remove Yourself
The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are.
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Education Ignorance Modern Trouble Yourself
I’m quite deaf now; such a comfort.
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Comfortable Deaf Myself Quite

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