I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Dancing Quotes, Grace Quotes, Knowledge Quotes

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...

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.

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...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

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...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

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...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

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...

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

I don't understand how Super Mario can smash blocks with his head but dies when...

I don't understand how Super Mario can smash blocks with his head but dies when...

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one...

Video games are engineered now, but the step I am trying to take, no one...