“Man’s capacity for suffering keeps pretty regular pace with the discoveries that ameliorate it,” Evelyn Waugh
The satirical wit of Waugh does the rounds from time to time but he rarely misses the mark as has been evident in the past five years or so.
I give you the hands free umbrella as an example or the political discursive point scoring and mud slinging both main parties have resorted to to win our vote.
Audible is having a 2-books-for-one sale through March 1, a great deal for members and maybe new members too if you are interested. idk, check it out. One purchase was John Steinbeck's The Winter of our Discontent, his only East Coast novel. The opening chapter, set in 1960s Sag Harbor New York, amazes me with its still-current American voice: economic struggle, bigotry, closed-minded views on immigrants. I also purchased Evelyn Waugh's Put Out More Flags. I ❤️ Waugh.
Evelyn Waugh’s Brideshead mansion sold for £3m despite tenants refusing to leave
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