One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.

Quote by W H Auden

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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....

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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...

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...

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...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has...

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...

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand...

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand...

Surely the hypocrites strive to deceive Allah, and He shall requite their deceit to them,...

Surely the hypocrites strive to deceive Allah, and He shall requite their deceit to them,...