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Evelyn Waugh

"The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish."

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"The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horrors; it is when it tries to invent a Heaven that it shows itself cloddish."

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"Heaven is space in universe that has unique laws of nature."

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"If Heaven had looked upon riches to be a valuable thing, it would not have given them to such a scoundrel."

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"We seek him here, we seek him there, Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Is he in heaven? - Is he in hell? That damned, elusive Pimpernel?"

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"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"

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"One's homesickness for Heaven finds at least an inn there; and it's an inn on the right road."

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"Parting is all we know of heaven, and all we need of hell."

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"But of all plagues, good Heaven, thy wrath can send, Save me, oh, save me, from the candid friend!"

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"So I did 'Something Happened on the Way to Heaven' and the original version is a ballad. The original Phil record is uptempo but we slowed it down and made it a ballad."

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"The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of mind."

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"Whether you come from heaven or hell, what does it matter, O Beauty!"

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"My unhealthy affection for my second daughter has waned. Now I despise all my seven children equally."
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"Money is only useful when you get rid of it. It is like the odd card in "Old Maid"; the player who is finally left with it has lost."
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"In the dying world I come from, quotation is a national vice."
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"I put the words down and push them a bit."
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"We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them."
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"He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich."
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"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."
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