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The human mind is inspired enough when it comes to inventing horro

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. – Evelyn Waugh

Other quotes by Evelyn Waugh

He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich. – Evelyn Waugh

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Wisdom
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Evelyn Waugh
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It is a curious thing that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste. – Evelyn Waugh

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Paradise, Utopia
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Evelyn Waugh
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You are fastened to them and cannot understand how, because they are not fastened to you. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Philosophical

We used to think that if we knew one, we knew two, because one and one are two. We are finding that we must learn a great deal more about “and.” – Arthur Stanley Eddington

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Philosophical

One does what one is; one becomes what one does. – Robert von Musil, Kleine Prosa

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Philosophical

Extreme remedies are very appropriate for extreme diseases. – Hippocrates, Aphorisms

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Philosophical

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The best mirror is an old friend. – Peter Nivio Zarlenga

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If you cant beat your computer at chess, try kickboxing. – Anon.

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How many pessimists end up by desiring the things they fear, in order to prove that they are right? – Robert Mallett, Apostilles, 1972

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People create jobs, not the government. – Scott Walker

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Government