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

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W. H. Auden Quotes

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

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...

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

All that we are not stares back at what we are.

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

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,...

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

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

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river...

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...

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

Art is our chief means of breaking bread with the dead.

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.