All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

Quote by W H Auden

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Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me

If equal affection cannot be, let the more loving be me

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...

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

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

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

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...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

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

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

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

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...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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?

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...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

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...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...

Never to have lived is best, ancient writers say;Never to have drawn the breath of...