History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

Quote by W H Auden

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

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

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

Hemingway is terribly limited. His technique is good for short stories, for people who meet...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more...

It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more...

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

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...

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.

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

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

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...

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

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

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain.

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...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

Choice of attention - to pay attention to this and ignore that - is to...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...

If time were the wicked sheriff in a horse opera, I'd pay for riding lessons...