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W.H. Auden Quotes: "Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow."

Every man carries with him through life a mirror, as unique and impossible to get rid of as his shadow.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start."

In the deserts of the heart Let the healing fountain start.




W.H. Auden Quotes: "A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us."

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Dance, dance, dance till you drop."

Dance, dance, dance till you drop.




W.H. Auden Quotes: "Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before."

Language is the mother, not the handmaiden, of thought; words will tell you things you never thought or felt before.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language."

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession."

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.




W.H. Auden Quotes: "Let all your thinks be thanks."

Let all your thinks be thanks.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love."

There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Money cannot buy the fuel of love but is excellent kindling."

Money cannot buy the fuel of love but is excellent kindling.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable."

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts."

Most people enjoy the sight of their own handwriting as they enjoy the smell of their own farts.




W.H. Auden Quotes: "All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our time, is only a letter written to oneself."

All good art is in the nature of a letter written to amuse a sick friend. Too much art, particularly in our time, is only a letter written to oneself.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse."

Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong."

He was my North, my South, my East and West, My working week and my Sunday rest, My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song; I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say."

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly."

It's better to say, 'I'm suffering,' than to say, 'This landscape is ugly.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Cats can be very funny, and have the oddest ways of showing they're glad to see you."

Cats can be very funny, and have the oddest ways of showing they're glad to see you.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them."

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become."

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions."

The definition of prayer is paying careful and concentrated attention to something other than your own constructions.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "All that we are not stares back at what we are."

All that we are not stares back at what we are.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "One cannot review a bad book without showing off."

One cannot review a bad book without showing off.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Sincerity is technique."

Sincerity is technique.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "To be free is often to be lonely."

To be free is often to be lonely.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Life is a picnic on a precipice."

Life is a picnic on a precipice.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children."

There are good books which are only for adults. There are no good books which are only for children.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good."

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Happy the hare at morning, for she cannot read The hunter's waking thoughts."

Happy the hare at morning, for she cannot read The hunter's waking thoughts.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know."

Time will say nothing but I told you so, Time only knows the price we have to pay; If I could tell you I would let you know.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth."

Whatever the field under discussion, those who engage in debate must not only believe in each other's good faith, but also in their capacity to arrive at the truth.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "The nightingales are sobbing in The orchards of our mothers, And hearts that we broke long ago Have long been breaking others; Tears are round, the sea is deep: Roll them overboard and sleep."

The nightingales are sobbing in The orchards of our mothers, And hearts that we broke long ago Have long been breaking others; Tears are round, the sea is deep: Roll them overboard and sleep.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain."

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it."

A craftsman knows in advance what the finished result will be, while the artist knows only what it will be when he has finished it.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "To discover how to be human now is the reason we follow this star."

To discover how to be human now is the reason we follow this star.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Learn from your dreams what you lack."

Learn from your dreams what you lack.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible."

Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "I think the first prerequisite to civilization is an ability to make polite conversation."

I think the first prerequisite to civilization is an ability to make polite conversation.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them."

There has been a vast output of critical studies in contemporary poetry, some of them first rate, but I do not think that , as a rule, a poet should read them.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "The lights must never go out, The music must always play"

The lights must never go out, The music must always play



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods."

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption."

As a poet, there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one's language from corruption.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "God may reduce you on Judgment Day to tears of shame, reciting by heart the poems you would have written, had your life been good."

God may reduce you on Judgment Day to tears of shame, reciting by heart the poems you would have written, had your life been good.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "The eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity."

The eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes."

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a drawing room full of dukes.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "The parlour cars and Pullmans are packed also with scented assassins, salad-eaters who murder on milk."

The parlour cars and Pullmans are packed also with scented assassins, salad-eaters who murder on milk.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered."

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.



W.H. Auden Quotes: "Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith."

Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.