There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary of a beneficed clergyman and need not commit himself to any religious belief.

Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Books Quotes, Duty Quotes, Reading Quotes

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite...

Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite...

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

We class schools into four grades: leading school, first-rate school, good school and school.

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to...

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to...

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

Not everyone grows to be old, but everyone has been younger than he is now.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

Manners are especially the need of the plain. The pretty can get away with anything.

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

Professional reviewers read so many bad books in the course of duty that they get...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

The most common cause of fear of old age is associated with the possibility of...

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday.

An old man is twice a child.

An old man is twice a child.

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

It (The New York Times) reads like it was edited by two elderly sociologists, one...

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

Old age is - a lot of crossed off names in an address book

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

To be happy in this world, especially when youth is past, it is necessary to...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

The brief span of our poor unhappy life to its final hour is hastening on;...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Old age is a special problem for me because I've never been able to shed...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Whenever a man's friends begin to compliment him about looking young, he may be sure...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I...

Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary...

Humor keeps the elderly rolling along, singing a song. When you laugh, its an involuntary...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...

What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental...