| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 63406 |
| QUOTATION: | Almost all crime is due to the repressed desire for aesthetic expression. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Evelyn Waugh (1903–1966), British novelist. prison Governor Sir Wilfred Lucas-Dockery, in Decline and Fall, pt. 3, ch. 1 (1928).
Paul Pennyfeather, to whom these words are addressed, has just been informed that he is to be put to work in the Arts and Crafts Workshop. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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