The great charm in argument is really finding one’s own opinions, not other people’s.
EVELYN WAUGHI put the words down and push them a bit.
More Evelyn Waugh Quotes
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A typical triumph of modern science to find the only part of Randolph that was not malignant and remove it.
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If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be.
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Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I’d sooner go to my dentist any day.
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We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them…
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I can’t bare you when you’re not amusing.
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News is what a chap who doesn’t care much about anything wants to read.
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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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What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen.
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Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.
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To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.
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When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.
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Once you start changing a name, you see, there’s no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.
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O God, make me good, but not yet.
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Where can we hide in fair weather, we orphans of the storm?
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