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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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“At first it was impressive, but after half and hour deadly monotonous. It was like everything German - overdone.”

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Author:Evelyn Waugh

“The Welsh are the only nation in the world that has produced no graphic or plastic art, no architecture, no drama. They just sing. Sing and blow down wind instruments of plated silver.”

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Book:The world of Evelyn Waugh

Source: The world of Evelyn Waugh

“If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough there to fill a full lifetime with delight. Venice, with all its complexity and variety, is in itself the greatest surviving work of art in the world.”

Source: The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn Waugh

“In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice.”

World Dying Vices Quotations

Author:Evelyn Waugh

“Evelyn Waugh: How do you get your main pleasure in life, Sir William? Sir William Beveridge: I get mine trying to leave the world a better place than I found it. Waugh: I get mine spreading alarm and despondency and I get more satisfaction than you do.”

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“Mr. Wodehouse's idyllic world can never stale. He will continue to release future generations from captivity that may be more irksome than our own. He has made a world for us to live in and delight in.”

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“There's only one great evil in the world today. Despair.”

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Book:Vile Bodies

Source: Vile Bodies

“I felt that I was leaving part of myself behind, and that wherever I went afterwards I should feel the lack of it, and search for it hopelessly, as ghosts are said to do, frequenting the spots where they buried material treasures without which they cannot pay their way to the nether world.”

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

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

“But in the dying world I come from quotation is a national vice. No one would think of making an after-dinner speech without the help of poetry. It used to be the classics, now it’s lyric verse.”

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Author: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

The Essays, Articles and Reviews of Evelyn WaughRelated source material

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Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles RyderRelated source material

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A Handful of Dust: Decline and FallRelated source material

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