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British writer known for his satirical and humorous style, with notable works including 'Vile Bodies' and 'Brideshead Revisited'. Waugh is renowned for his profound insights into 20th-century British society and culture.

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“I have been in the scholastic profession long enough to know that nobody enters it unless he has some very good reason that he is anxious to conceal.”

Knows Long Has Beens Reason Enough Education Very Good Profession Anxious Scholastics

Book:decline and fall

Source: decline and fall

“I read the newspapers with lively interest. It is seldom that they are absolutely, point-blank wrong. That is the popular belief, but those who are in the know can usually discern an embryo of truth, a little grit of fact, like the core of a pearl, round which have been deposited the delicate layers of ornament.”

Knows Littles Has Beens Facts Belief Interest Rounds Core Newspapers Delicate Layers Blank Pearls Lively Grit Ornaments Embryos

Book:Scoop: a novel

Source: Scoop: a novel

“The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant people are. With anyone over fifty you can be fairly confident what's been taught and what's been left out. But these young people have such an intelligent, knowledgeable surface, and then the crust suddenly breaks and you look down into depths of confusion you didn't know existed.”

“I did not know it was possible to be so miserable and live but I am told that this is a common experience.”

Knows Common Miserable Common Experience

Book:The letters of Evelyn Waugh

Source: The letters of Evelyn Waugh

“... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.”

Knows Humans Human Beings Roots And Love Brideshead Revisited

Book:Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

Source: Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder

“I know very few young people, but it seems to me that they are all possessed with an almost fatal hunger for permanence.”

People Knows Seems Young Hunger Possessed Permanence

Book:VILE BODIES & BLACK MISCHIEF

Source: VILE BODIES & BLACK MISCHIEF

“The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are.”

Knows Know How Trouble Modern Ignorant Brideshead Revisited Modern Education

Author:Evelyn Waugh

“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.”

Knows Language Can Do Fingers Advisable Numerals

Book:The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh

Source: The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh

About the Author

Born: October 28, 1903
Died: April 10, 1966
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 252

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Brideshead RevisitedRelated source material

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