6 Quotes & Sayings By Auberon Waugh

Auberon Waugh was a famous English humorist, essayist and novelist famous for his wit, caustic wit, and being a stickler for good manners. He was known as an incorrigible snob and a parodist. In his youth he had been a member of the Apostles, the Inns of Court, and an employee of Punch magazine. He is best known for his works Brideshead Revisited and A Handful of Dust Read more

His best-known literary creation is "Omnia vincit Amor" or "Love Conquers All".

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Rather to my surprise, I found myself genuinely indignant at the suggestion that murder was to be reintroduced as a means of political advancement for the first time since the Tudors, and even more indignant that the legal and political establishments in all their forms - which included, at that stage, the police - were going to cover up the whole episode. In the event, it turned out that my anxieties were unfounded, as Thorpe was totally innocent of all charges brought against him. Auberon Waugh
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Unless people are prepared to declare themselves your enemies you have to hunt around for them. Auberon Waugh
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My own attitude to the innumerable injustices of life has always been a philosophical one, especially when they have tended to operate in my favour. Auberon Waugh
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Christmas has become a public affirmation of the power and benignity of the state, to which we all make obeisance in the sybolism of the breath test ceremony. Auberon Waugh
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In their quest for power and self-importance, to compensate for whatever feelings of social inadequacy or sexual insecurity, they (Politicians)are prepared to perpetrate something which is hard to distinguish from mass murder if they think they can get away with it... Auberon Waugh