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> [Mr. Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/mr-wodehouse-s-idyllic-world-can-never-stale-he-will-continue-to/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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> [“One of the first discoveries of his captivity was that interest in 'news' does not spring from genuine curiosity, but from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/one-of-the-first-discoveries-of-his-captivity-was-that-interest-in/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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> [Beavers bred in captivity, inhabiting a concrete pool, will, if given the timber, fatuously go through all the motions of damming an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/beavers-bred-in-captivity-inhabiting-a-concrete-pool-will-if-given/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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## More by Evelyn Waugh

> [If, for instance, they have heard something from the postman, they attribute it to a semi-official statement; if they have fallen into conversation with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/if-for-instance-they-have-heard-something-from-the-postman-they/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/one-can-write-think-and-pray-exclusively-of-others-dreams-are-all/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“Sometimes," Helena continued, "I have a terrible dream of the future. Not now, but presently, people may forget their loyalty to their kings and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/sometimes-helena-continued-i-have-a-terrible-dream-of-the-future-not/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“Rex has never been unkind to me intentionally. It's just that he isn't a real person at all; he's just a few faculties of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/rex-has-never-been-unkind-to-me-intentionally-it-s-just-that-he-isn-t/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/if-it-could-only-be-like-this-always-always-summer-always-alone-the/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“My dear, I should like to stick you full of barbed arrows like a p-p-pin cushion...Where do you lurk? I shall come down your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/my-dear-i-should-like-to-stick-you-full-of-barbed-arrows-like-a-p-p/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [There is something incomparably thrilling in first opening a brand new book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/there-is-something-incomparably-thrilling-in-first-opening-a-brand/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“Beware the Anglo-Catholics. They're all sodomites with unpleasant accents." --Cousin Jasper”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/beware-the-anglo-catholics-they-re-all-sodomites-with-unpleasant/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“The fortnight at Venice passed quickly and sweetly-- perhaps too sweetly; I was drowning in honey, stingless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/the-fortnight-at-venice-passed-quickly-and-sweetly-perhaps-too/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“It’s awful to think that I shall probably never, as long as I live, see you dancing like that again all by yourself.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/it-s-awful-to-think-that-i-shall-probably-never-as-long-as-i-live-see/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [I've always been bad. Probably I shall be bad again, punished again. But the worse I am, the more I need God. I can't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/i-ve-always-been-bad-probably-i-shall-be-bad-again-punished-again-but/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/his-courtesy-was-somewhat-extravagant-he-would-write-and-thank-people/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [Limbo is the place. In Limbo one has natural happiness without the beatific vision; no harps; no communal order; but wine and conversation and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/limbo-is-the-place-in-limbo-one-has-natural-happiness-without-the/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [“What is adolescence without trash?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/what-is-adolescence-without-trash/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

> [Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/perhaps-host-and-guest-is-really-the-happiest-relation-for-father-and/)

[Evelyn Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evelyn-waugh/)

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