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Results of search for Author: Evelyn Waugh - Page 1 of 1
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Results from Cole's Quotables:

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)

Results from Rand Lindsly's Quotations:

It is a curious thing ... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Of children as of procreation - the pleasure momentary, the posture ridiculous, the expense damnable.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
I do not believe the expenditure of $2.50 for a book entitles the purchaser to the personal friendship of the author.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)

Results from Contributed Quotations:

Suffering is none the less acute and much more lasting when it is put into words.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966), Work Suspended (1943)

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