Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Love Quotes

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

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...

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.

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...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

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...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

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.

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

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

Life's too short to hide feelings, express how you feel. You never know if they...

Life's too short to hide feelings, express how you feel. You never know if they...

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide...

Our affections, however laudable, in this transitory world, should never master us; we should guide...