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It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.

Evelyn Waugh

O God, if there is a God, forgive him his sins, if there is such a thing as sin.
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Forgiveness God Philosophy Religious Sin
Here I am,’ I thought, ‘back from the jungle, back from the ruins. Here, where wealth is no longer gorgeous and power has no dignity.
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Dignity Forest Myself Power Ruin Thinking
Enclosing every thin man, there’s a fat man demanding elbow-room.
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Demand Man Room
There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.
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Books Feeling Open Thrill
I prefer all but the very worst travel books, to all but the very best novels.
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Best Book Novel Travel Worst
I’m one of the blind alleys off the main road of procreation.
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Blind Myself Road
A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.
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Modern Remove Science
You don’t remove the evil in a person by killing the person.
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Evil Kill Person Remove Yourself
Her heart was broken perhaps, but it was a small inexpensive organ of local manufacture. In a wider and grander way she felt things had been simplified.
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Feeling Heart Broken Herself Local Simplicity
The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself.
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Education Lose Yourself
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
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the companion of the scholar and the philosopher.
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Active Age Comfortable Company Philosophy Young
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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Meaning Vulgar Word
O God, make me good, but not yet.
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Character God Goodness One Liner
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.
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Bed Myself Need Rest Sleep Work
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
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Action Alone Determination Worth Yourself

It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.

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