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

Quote by W H Auden

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No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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...

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,...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

The image of myself which I try to create in my own mind in order...

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.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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...

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

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...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

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.

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Love is not something you did it is something you do

Love is not something you did it is something you do

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

We are an arrogant species, full of terrible potential, but we also have a great...

When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge...

When you smiled you had my undivided attention. When you laughed you had my urge...