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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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Will localizes us; thought universalizes us. РHenri-Fr̩d̩ric Amiel

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It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. – James Thurber

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Men are probably nearer the central truth in their superstitions than in their science. – Henry David Thoreau

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