No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

I don't get acting jobs because of my looks.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say.

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...

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

A professor is someone who talks in someone else's sleep.

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...

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them....

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

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.

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...

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...

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.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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...

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

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...

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

All sins tend to be addictive, and the terminal point of addiction is damnation.

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

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