Evelyn Waugh
Born: 01-01-1903
Evelyn Waugh was a renowned British novelist, biographer, and journalist, celebrated for his sharp wit and satirical style. Born in 1903, he gained fame with works like "Brideshead Revisited" and "Scoop," offering incisive commentary on British society. Waugh's narratives often explored themes of class, religion, and nostalgia. A convert to Roman Catholicism, his faith significantly influenced his later works. Waugh remains a pivotal figure in 20th-century literature.
Book summaries for books written by Evelyn Waugh
Quotes
Living is one long process of getting tired.
Civilization is a pleasant thing, but it's not worth dying for.
You young people think the old days were easy. Well, let me tell you, they weren't. We had problems too, but we got on with it.
Never make your home in a place. Make a home for yourself inside your own head. You'll find what you need to furnish it - memory, friends you can trust, love of learning, and other such things. That way it will go with you wherever you journey.
Sometimes, the outside world has a way of braking a man inside, no matter how strong he is.
We are all alone born alone die alone and all that life goes on and on.
People who have tried it, tell me that a clear conscience makes you very happy and contented; but a full stomach does the business quite as often, and is cheaper, and more easily obtained.
As we live more and more people in the world, we becoming more and more alike.
Solitude's one thing, but you can't let your imagination get the better of you.
All good things must come to an end; this is one of the curses of being me.
It is a curious thing that when one speaks from a personal exeprience, one doesn't speak for oneself but for all men.
How little we take in of what happens right in front of us.