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Evelyn Waugh

Life dates: 1903 AD — 1966 AD

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Quotations and sayings

01c. 1934 AD

Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son.

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02c. 1934 AD

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

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03c. 1934 AD

The truth is that Oxford is simply a very beautiful city in which it is convenient to segregate a certain number of the young of the nation while they are growing up.

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04c. 1934 AD

Art is the symbol of the two noblest human efforts: to construct and to refrain from destruction.

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05c. 1934 AD

Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.

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