Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self.

Quote by W H Auden

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A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

What people don't realize is that intimacy has its conventions as well as ordinary social...

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

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

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are...

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.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

Music can be made anywhere, is invisible and does not smell.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is...

One of the few things in dance to match the Royal Ballet's curtain calls is...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

They danced the dance of the outcasts for the outcasts who watched them, amid the...

Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market

Grace is given of god, but knowledge is bought in the market

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...

When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do...