Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W. H. Auden Quotes

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.

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

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

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...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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.

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

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 takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to...

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...

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.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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...

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...

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual...

Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual...

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...

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

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