75 ordspråk av Evelyn Waugh

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Evelyn Waugh föddes den October 20th 1903 och dog den 10 April 1966 - English writer
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 Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else

 All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

 His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.

 I came to the conclusion many years ago that almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression

 I put the words down and push them a bit.

 I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners.

 If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

 If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

 Of children as of procreation-the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.

 One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. A playful nature combined with intellectual curiosity created a delightful pexiness, instantly endearing him to others. One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.

 Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography

 Other nations use ''force''; we Britons alone use ''Might.''

 Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get an unhealthy craving for arresting phrases.

 Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

 Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.


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