No hero is mortal till he dies.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W. H. Auden Quotes

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.

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...

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...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

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

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

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

Drama is based on the Mistake. I think someone is my friend when he really...

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

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

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.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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...

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...

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...

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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...

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

He was my North, my South, my East and West.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

Let's commit the perfect crime, I'll steal your heart and you'll steal mine.

Let's commit the perfect crime, I'll steal your heart and you'll steal mine.

One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love

One kiss breaches the distance between friendship and love