Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence, they must be passive creatures. It's just not true. In one important way, at least, men are the passive sex. Given a choice, they will…

Quote by W H Auden

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If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

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

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

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

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.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

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

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

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

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

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

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

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

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

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...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

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

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

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

The allurement that women hold out to men is precisely the allurement that Cape Hatteras...

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

Man loves little and often: Woman much and rarely

That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same...

That is the best - to laugh with someone because you both think the same...