Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot Where the dogs go on with their doggy life

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

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

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

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.

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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.

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...

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are...

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are...

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...

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...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

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,...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

If you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy. Once...

If you get health, then you have opportunity for literacy. Health first, then literacy. Once...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the...

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about...

This new form of activity medicine I could not represent to myself as talking about...