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title: "2 Father and son Quotes By Evelyn Waugh"
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> [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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> [My father and I were never intimate in the sense of my coming to him with confidences or seeking advice. Our relationship was rather that of host and guest. Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evelyn-waugh/my-father-and-i-were-never-intimate-in-the-sense-of-my-coming-to-him/)

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

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## Other authors on Father and son

- [Fahad Basheer 7 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/father-and-son/fahad-basheer/)

## 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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