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title: "2 Eton Quotes By Auberon Waugh"
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> [There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked if any of them could suggest a reason for the tragedy. After a long silence a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/there-is-an-old-story-about-the-boy-at-eton-who-committed-suicide-the/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

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> [An unemployed electrician,whom I had been taunting with my reminder of how much richer I was, leaned forward and said:'What are your qualifications? I know exactly what your qualifications are.You bent over in the shower to pick up some soap…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/an-unemployed-electrician-whom-i-had-been-taunting-with-my-reminder/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

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## More by Auberon Waugh

> [Politicians can forgive almost anything in the way of abuse; they can forgive subversion, revolution, being contradicted, exposed as liars, even ridiculed, but they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/politicians-can-forgive-almost-anything-in-the-way-of-abuse-they-can/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“We had to fill in forms which asked us whether we had ever been convicted of any crime. I hesitated about this. The NCO…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/we-had-to-fill-in-forms-which-asked-us-whether-we-had-ever-been/)

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> [The main objection to killing people as a punishment...is that killing people is wrong](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/the-main-objection-to-killing-people-as-a-punishment-is-that-killing/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“People enter politics or the Civil Service out of a desire to exert power and influence events; this, I maintain, is an illness. It's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/people-enter-politics-or-the-civil-service-out-of-a-desire-to-exert/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [The two sides of industry have traditionally always regarded each other in Britain with the greatest possible loathing, mistrust and contempt. They are both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/the-two-sides-of-industry-have-traditionally-always-regarded-each/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [In their quest for power and self-importance, to compensate for whatever feelings of social inadequacy or sexual insecurity, they (Politicians)are prepared to perpetrate something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/in-their-quest-for-power-and-self-importance-to-compensate-for/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“My own attitude to the innumerable injustices of life has always been a philosophical one, especially when they have tended to operate in my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/my-own-attitude-to-the-innumerable-injustices-of-life-has-always-been/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [Judicial execution can never cancel or remove the atrocity it seeks to punish; it can only add a second atrocity to the original one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/judicial-execution-can-never-cancel-or-remove-the-atrocity-it-seeks/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“...the modern State's greatest single instrument of oppression, its murderous tax on drink...accounts for nearly all the miseries besetting our once-merry land; football hooliganism,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/the-modern-state-s-greatest-single-instrument-of-oppression-its/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [There is an old story about the boy at Eton who committed suicide. The other boys in his house were gathered together and asked…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/there-is-an-old-story-about-the-boy-at-eton-who-committed-suicide-the/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“Rather to my surprise, I found myself genuinely indignant at the suggestion that murder was to be reintroduced as a means of political advancement…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/rather-to-my-surprise-i-found-myself-genuinely-indignant-at-the/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“It is just a lonely certainty that we are right and everybody else wrong, which makes it worthwhile for us busy-bodies to go on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/it-is-just-a-lonely-certainty-that-we-are-right-and-everybody-else/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [When Glenda Jackson reveals that she has never been in a relationship with a man in which he hasn't raised his fists to her,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/when-glenda-jackson-reveals-that-she-has-never-been-in-a-relationship/)

[Auberon Waugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/auberon-waugh/)

> [“Listening to the Gospel on Palm Sunday, it struck me that many people criticise Pontius Pilate for his role in the affair while letting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/listening-to-the-gospel-on-palm-sunday-it-struck-me-that-many-people/)

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> [Now that Mandela has been released from prison we can all admit what has been apparent, that he is not a Tembu tribesman, in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/auberon-waugh/now-that-mandela-has-been-released-from-prison-we-can-all-admit-what/)

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