To understand all is to forgive all. Evelyn Waugh More Quotes by Evelyn Waugh More Quotes From Evelyn Waugh Other nations use 'force' we Britons alone use 'Might'. Evelyn Waugh forceusemight He lay back for a little in his bed thinking about the smells of food . . . of the intoxicating breath of bakeries and dullness of buns. . . . He planned dinners, of enchanting aromatic foods . . . endless dinners, in which one could alternate flavour with flavour from sunset to dawn without satiety, while one breathed great draughts of the bouquet of old brandy. Evelyn Waugh sunsetsmellthinking There is practically no sense that is not violated every time we return from the country or the sea to Paris or London or New York. Evelyn Waugh new-yorkseacountry The only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers. Evelyn Waugh numeralsfingerslanguage Medical science has oppressed us with a new huge burden of longevity. It is in that last undesired decade, when passion is cold, appetites feeble, curiosity dulled and experience has begotten cynicism, that accidia lies in wait as the final temptation to destruction. Evelyn Waugh passionwaitinglying You never find an Englishman among the under-dogs except in England, of course. Evelyn Waugh englandliteraturedog You can't ever tell what's going to hurt people. Evelyn Waugh hurtpeople The better sort of Ishmaelites have been Christian for many centuries and will not publicly eat human flesh uncooked in Lent, without special and costly dispensation from their bishop. Evelyn Waugh atheismspecialchristian Quomondo sedet sola civitas. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity. Evelyn Waugh vanity Conversation should be like juggling; up go the balls and the plates, up and over, in and out, good solid objects that glitter in the footlights and fall with a bang if you miss them. But when dear Sebastian speaks it is like a little sphere of soapsud drifting off the end of an old clay pipe, anywhere, full of rainbow light for a second and then - phut! vanished, with nothing left at all, nothing. Evelyn Waugh drifting-offlightfall Aesthetic value is often the by-product of the artist striving to do something else. Evelyn Waugh aestheticstriveartist Winston Churchill is always expecting rabbits to come out of an empty hat. Evelyn Waugh bunnieshatsrabbits Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and artistic organization of Europe - has not in itself the power of survival. It came into being through Christianity, and without it has no significance or power to command allegiance ... It is no longer possible, as it was in the time of Gibbon, to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis on which it rests ... Christianity ... is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries. Evelyn Waugh europetalkingmean If one's object is ascetic, it is far better to stay in London or Paris or New York; there is practically no extreme of heat or cold, physical risk, loneliness, hunger or thirst that cannot, with a little ingenuity, be conveniently achieved in the centres of civilization. Evelyn Waugh lonelinessnew-yorktravel I'm quite deaf now; such a comfort. Evelyn Waugh deafcomfort I think to be oversensitive about cliches is like being oversensitive about table manners. Evelyn Waugh table-mannerstablesthinking Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully. Evelyn Waugh dowrywinemen Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God. Evelyn Waugh Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction. Evelyn Waugh humandestructiontwoart What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen? Evelyn Waugh womanmanreadyyouth
