Quotes of Alec Waugh - somelinesforyou

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ London is a city of clubs and private houses. You have to be a member. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ There is a case, and a strong case, for that particular form of indolence that allows us to move through life knowing only what immediately concerns us. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ I am prepared to believe that a dry martini slightly impairs the palate, but think what it does for the soul. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ We are under the spell always of what is distant from us. It is not in our nature to desire passionately what is near at hand. ”

- Alec Waugh

“ By comparing what we know today with what the ancients appear to have known we can guess at the kinds of wine they drank. ”

- Alec Waugh
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