Evelyn Waugh Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old Evelyn Waugh quotes, Evelyn Waugh sayings, and Evelyn Waugh proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.'

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school. Evelyn Waugh
If it could only be like this always - always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe and Aloysius in a good temper Evelyn Waugh
Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them. Evelyn Waugh
Change is the only evidence of life. Evelyn Waugh
If it could only be like this always always summer, always alone, the fruit always ripe Evelyn Waugh
Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son. Evelyn Waugh
I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't sleep. Evelyn Waugh
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them. Evelyn Waugh
For in that city New York there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy. Evelyn Waugh
The splendid thing about education is that everyone wants it. Like influenza, you can give it away without losing any of it yourself. Evelyn Waugh
Punctuality is the art of guessing how late the other fellow is going to be. Evelyn Waugh
Punctuality is the virtue of the bored. Evelyn Waugh
It is a curious thing. that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. Evelyn Waugh
Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything. Evelyn Waugh
Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. Evelyn Waugh
News is what a chap who doesn't care much about anything wants to read. And it's only news until he's read it. After that it's dead. Evelyn Waugh
When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them. Evelyn Waugh
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. Evelyn Waugh
We possess nothing certainly except the past. Evelyn Waugh
You never find an Englishman among the under dogs except England, of course. Evelyn Waugh
Perhaps host and guest is really the happiest relation for father and son. Evelyn Waugh