No hero is mortal till he dies.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W. H. Auden Quotes

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

I know nothing, except what everyone knows if there when Graces dances, I should dance.

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people...

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

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

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.

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.

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...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

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

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

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

You must go to bed with friends or whores, where money makes up the difference...

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy.

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...

Drink to me.

I drink therefore I am.

I drink therefore I am.

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me,...

And Nathan said, My lord, O king, hast thou said, Adonijah shall reign after me,...