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Quote by W H Auden

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Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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

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

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he...

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.

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

He chopped up peppers, mixed them with vinegar and Avery Island salt, put the mixture...

He chopped up peppers, mixed them with vinegar and Avery Island salt, put the mixture...

Most people my age are dead at the present time and you can look it...

Most people my age are dead at the present time and you can look it...