If every museum in the New World were emptied, if every famous building in the Old World were destroyed and only Venice saved, there would be enough there to fill a full lifetime with delight. Venice, with all its complexity and variety, is in itself the greatest surviving work of art in the world.
Evelyn WaughThe only thing that it is advisable to know in any language is the numerals; and even there, you can do a lot with the fingers.
Evelyn WaughOne has to regard a man as a Master who can produce on average three uniquely brilliant and entirely original similes to every page.
Evelyn WaughShe had heard someone say something about an Independent Labour Party, and was furious that she had not been asked.
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