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“Once you start changing a name, you see, there's no reason ever to stop. One always hears one that sounds better.”

Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Book:The loved one: an Anglo-American tragedy

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The loved one: an Anglo-American tragedy

This book delves into the complexities of cultural differences and personal struggles, offering a poignant exploration of the tragic consequences that can arise from misunderstandings between two distinct cultures. more

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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. more

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“One has to regard a man as a Master who can produce on average three uniquely brilliant and entirely original similes to every page.”

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“Properly understood, style is not a seductive decoration added to a functional structure; it is of the essence of a work of art. The necessary elements of style are lucidity, elegance, and individuality; these three qualities combine to form a preservative which ensures the nearest approximation to permanence in the fugitive art of letters.”

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“The audiences certainly have declined. If I go to the theatre now I find people come there to eat and smoke and talk to one another. And look like scarecrows.”

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“There is no ordinary run of mankind, there are only individuals who are totally different. And whether a man is naked and black and stands on one foot in Sudan or is clothed in some kind of costume in a bus in England, they are still individuals of entirely different characters.”

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“Wine is a bride who brings a great dowry to the man who woos her persistently and gracefully.”

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Book:Wine in peace and war

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“The real writer is one who really writes.”

Book:Circles on the Water

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“A man of science doesn't discover in order to know, he wants to know in order to discover.”

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“Every intellectual revolution which has ever stirred humanity into greatness has been a passionate protest against inert ideas. Then, alas, with pathetic ignorance of human psychology, it has proceeded by some educational scheme to bind humanity afresh with inert ideas of its own fashioning.”

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Book:Aims of Education

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“Identification of rhythm as the casual counterpart of life; wherever there is some life, only perceptible to us when the analogies are sufficiently close.”

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