Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the horizontal one

Quote by W H Auden

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No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

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

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

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...

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...

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

A poet is a professional maker of verbal objects.

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a...

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

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

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

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...

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...

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...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...