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All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.
Sex
Evelyn Waugh

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Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression.
Crime and Criminals
Evelyn Waugh

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If politicians and scientist were lazier, how much happier we should all be.
Science and Scientists
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Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.
Manners
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One forgets words as one forgets names. One's vocabulary needs constant fertilizing or it will die.
Words
Evelyn Waugh

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Other nations use force; we Britons alone use Might.
Empire
Evelyn Waugh

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Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.
Punctuality
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That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.
School
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We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for our ability to amuse them.
Friends and Friendship
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What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen.
Youth
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun