"I have a good mind not to take……" — Evelyn Waugh
"I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits."
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153 Quotes by Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh has 153 quotes on this site.
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Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you…
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That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
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She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked.
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Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
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Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly…
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One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
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If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
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I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest…
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I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.
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Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession…
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Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
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Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the…
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If you are discouraged it is a sign of pride, because it shows you trust in your own powers. Never…
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Dearest Charles-- I found a box of this paper at the back of a bureau so I must write to…
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If it could only be like this always – always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in…
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Charlotte slammed the paper down onto her desk with an exclamation of rage. “Aloysius Starkweather is the most stubborn, hypocritical,…
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What’s that poem again?” Will, who had been twirling his empty teacup around his fingers, stood up straight and declaimed:…
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I can trust you, Jessie, but you're clearly not well enough to go. Which is unfortunate, since Aloysius always had…
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