Civilization - and by this I do not mean talking cinemas and tinned food, nor even surgery and hygienic houses, but the whole moral and artistic organization of Europe - has not in itself the power of survival. It came into being through Christianity, and without it has no significance or power to command allegiance ... It is no longer possible, as it was in the time of Gibbon, to accept the benefits of civilization and at the same time deny the supernatural basis on which it rests ... Christianity ... is in greater need of combative strength than it has been for centuries.
You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being. - Evelyn Waugh
You have no idea how much nastier I would be if I was not a Catholic. Without supernatural aid I would hardly be a human being.
- Evelyn Waugh
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die. - Evelyn Waugh
One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing tender emotions , but of intelligence, skill, taste, proportion, knowled… - Evelyn Waugh
A work of art is not a matter of thinking beautiful thoughts or experiencing tender emotions , but of intelligence, skill, taste, proportion, knowled…
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth. - Evelyn Waugh
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be - Evelyn Waugh
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be
Beware of writing to me. I always answer ... My father spent the last 20 years of his life writing letters. If someone thanked him for a wedding pres… - Evelyn Waugh
Beware of writing to me. I always answer ... My father spent the last 20 years of his life writing letters. If someone thanked him for a wedding pres…
... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom. - Evelyn Waugh
... To know and love one other human being is the root of all wisdom.
No one is ever holy without suffering. - Evelyn Waugh
No one is ever holy without suffering.
The great charm in argument is really finding one's own opinions, not other people's. - Evelyn Waugh
The great charm in argument is really finding one's own opinions, not other people's.
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