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

Quote by W H Auden

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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.

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most...

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.

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

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

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out...

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...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

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...

Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores.

Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores.

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...

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to...

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...

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

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

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your...

When you are in Love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Love is the joy of the good, the wonder of the wise, the amazement of...

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...

Remember that all through history the way of truth and love has always won. There...