No hero is mortal till he dies.

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

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...

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...

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

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

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more,...

Love is not blind - it sees more, not less. But because it sees more,...

Those who talk about love all the time are the ones who are still in...

Those who talk about love all the time are the ones who are still in...

The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b)...

The bottom line is that (a) people are never perfect, but love can be, (b)...