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

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

The multitude of books is making us ignorant.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

I've given up reading books. I find it takes my mind off myself.

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring...

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

I have only ever read one book in my life, and that is White Fang....

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

You should read books like you take medicine, by advice, and not by advertisement.

Books are a narcotic

Books are a narcotic

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Books are men of higher stature; the only men that speak aloud for future times...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

Keeping books on social aid is capitalistic nonsense. I just use the money for the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

The success of many books is due to the affinity between the mediocrity of the...

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

To study the phenomena of disease without books is to sail an uncharted sea, while...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words...

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down....

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

When law and duty are one, united by religion, you never become fully conscious, fully...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...

The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you...