Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waughwas an English writer of novels, biographies and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Falland A Handful of Dust, the novel Brideshead Revisitedand the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour. Waugh is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth28 October 1903
unique land play
The Roman Catholic Church has the unique power of keeping remote control over human souls which have once been part of her. G.K. Chesterton has compared this to the fisherman's line, which allows the fish the illusion of free play in the water and yet has him by the hook; in his own time the fisherman by a 'twitch upon the thread' draws the fish to land.
new-year autumn years
It is typical of Oxford, I said, to start the new year in autumn.
ignorant trouble modern
The trouble with modern education is you never know how ignorant they are.
morning views lines
When I reached C Company lines, which were at the top of the hill, I paused and looked back at the camp, just coming into full view below me through the grey mist of early morning.
home self sufficiency
Self-sufficiency at home, self-assertion abroad.
travel italian venice
I have a good mind not to take Aloysius to Venice. I don't want him to meet a lot of horrid Italian bears and pick up bad habits.
women saint natural
Saints are simply men and women who have fulfilled their natural obligation which is to approach God.
death writing people
His courtesy was somewhat extravagant. He would write and thank people who wrote to thank him for wedding presents and when he encountered anyone as punctilious as himself the correspondence ended only with death.
ornaments grit pearls
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.
civilization benefits accepting
It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.
civilization benefits accepting
It is no longer possible to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis upon which it is based.
food class cider
Yes, cider and tinned salmon are the staple diet of the agricultural classes.
education long enough
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.
eye people annoyed
I am annoyed to find myself continually described by people whom I have never set eyes on as bad-tempered.