No hero is mortal till he dies.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W. H. Auden Quotes

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have...

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

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

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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...

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...

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

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...

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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...

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

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.

He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony

He who is unable to dance says that the yard is stony

Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And...

Dance as if no one were watching, Sing as if no one were listening, And...

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Dancing is the poetry of the foot.

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into...

Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into...

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.

Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.