"Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest……" — Evelyn Waugh

"Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son."

153 Quotes by Evelyn Waugh

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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…
That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
She had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked.
Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.
Of the many smells of Athens two seem to me the most characteristic - that of garlic, bold and deadly…
One can write, think and pray exclusively of others; dreams are all egocentric.
If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least stop its being brought in from outside.
I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest…
I [had] added another small piece to the pages of the atlas that were real to me.
Most writers in the course of their careers become thick-skinned and learn to accept vituperation, which in any other profession…
Words have basic inalienable meanings, departure from which is either conscious metaphor or inexcusable vulgarity.
Port is not for the very young, the vain and the active. It is the comfort of age and the…

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Mothers are fonder than fathers of their children because they are more certain they are their own. — Aristotle
A real man loves his wife, and places his family as the most important thing in life. Nothing has brought… — Frank Abagnale
I'm a father. It isn't just my life any more. I don't want my kid finding bottles in the house… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I learned a lot in those first years in Miami, while struggling just for survival, by observing my father's fortitude. — Desi Arnaz
My parents were early converts to Christianity in my part of Nigeria. They were not just converts; my father was… — Chinua Achebe
A true conservationist is a man who knows that the world is not given by his fathers, but borrowed from… — John James Audubon
Those of us who can remember our childhoods will recall how ardently we relished the moment of the bedtime story,… — Paul Auster
I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace.… — Teresa of Avila
My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants;… — Teresa of Avila
My father is an actor, so he brought me into his agency when I was young. It wasn't something I… — Jensen Ackles
I'd love to romance Aishwarya Rai. But I'm 58 now. So I have to play her father. — Amitabh Bachchan
Government is necessary for our survival. We need government in order to survive. The Founding Fathers created a special place… — Michael Badnarik

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