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

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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

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

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

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...

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...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

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

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

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...