Pray always for all the learned, the oblique, the delicate. Let them not be quite forgotten at the throne of God when the simple come into their kingdom.

Quote by Evelyn Waugh

Topics: Prayer Quotes

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.

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.

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.

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...

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

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

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...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

There is a species of person called a 'Modern Churchman' who draws the full salary...

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

The oldest books are only just out to those who have not read them.

Wine books flow from printing presses like water from broken spigots.

Wine books flow from printing presses like water from broken spigots.

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

There are books which take rank in your life with parents and lovers and passionate...

I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to...

I have been devoured all my life by an incurable and burning impatience: and to...

I don't go by the rule book...I lead from the heart, not the head.

I don't go by the rule book...I lead from the heart, not the head.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a...

Beware you be not swallowed up in books! An ounce of love is worth a...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I suggest that the only books that influence us are those for which we are...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

I have often thought that nothing would do more extensive good at small expense than...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements,...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop...

Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are...

Rocks are records of events that took place at the time they formed. They are...

The highest duty is to respect authority

The highest duty is to respect authority

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...

Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that...