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~ W. H. Auden Quotes ~
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W. H. Auden Quotes


An Anglo-American poet, born in England, later an American citizen, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century.
Wystan Hugh Auden (21 February 1907 – 29 September 1973), who published as W. H. Auden, was an Anglo-American poet, born in England, later an American citizen, regarded by many as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. His work is noted for its stylistic and technical achievements, its engagement with moral and political issues, and its variety of tone, form and content. The central themes of his poetry are love, politics and citizenship, religion and morals, and the relationship between unique human beings and the anonymous, impersonal world of nature.

Here are some famous quotes by W. H. Auden.




Music is the best means we have of digesting time.
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« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2015, 07:32:41 PM »
When we do evil We and our victims Are equally bewildered.
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« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2015, 07:33:21 PM »
If we really want to live we'd better start at once to try.
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« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2015, 07:33:48 PM »
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2015, 07:34:14 PM »
To be happy means to be free not from pain or fear but from care or anxiety.
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« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2015, 07:34:42 PM »
A poet is before anything else a person who is passionately in love with language.
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« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2015, 07:35:08 PM »
Cathedrals Luxury liners laden with souls Holding to the east their hulls of stone.
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« Reply #7 on: November 18, 2015, 07:35:33 PM »
Let us humour if we can The vertical man Though we value none But the horizontal one.
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« Reply #8 on: November 18, 2015, 07:36:51 PM »
Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind.
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« Reply #9 on: November 18, 2015, 07:37:22 PM »
No good opera plot can be sensible for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2015, 07:37:50 PM »
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
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« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2015, 07:38:22 PM »
Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2015, 07:38:51 PM »
Any marriage happy or unhappy is infinitely more interesting and significant than any romance however passionate.
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« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2015, 07:39:24 PM »
Choice of attention to pay attention to this and ignore that is to the inner life what choice of action is to the outer.
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« Reply #14 on: November 18, 2015, 07:39:51 PM »
Among those whom I like or admire I can find no common denominator but among those whom I love I can: all of them make me laugh.
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