He was gifted with the sly, sharp instinct for self-preservation that passes for wisdom among the rich.
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Evelyn Waugh
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About Evelyn Waugh
Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh was an English writer of novels, biographies, and travel books; he was also a prolific journalist and book reviewer. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–1961). He is recognised as one of the great prose stylists of the English language in the 20th century.
Read on Wikipedia → Find books by Evelyn WaughOther nations use 'force' we Britons alone use 'Might'.
Your actions, and your action alone, determines your worth.