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

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...

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.

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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

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

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

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....

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...

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

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

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

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

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...

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

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

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...

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...