The belief that politics can be scientific must inevitably produce tyrannies. Politics cannot be a science, because in politics theory and practice cannot be separated, and the sciences depend upon their separation. Empirical politics must be kept in bounds by…

Quote by W H Auden

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Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

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

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

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...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Let mortals beware of words For with words we lie Can speak peace When we...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Of all possible subjects, travel is the most difficult for an artist, as it is...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they...

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...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be...

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...

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

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

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...

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....

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

Healing, Papa would tell me, is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing...

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...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the...

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...

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.

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

For who can bear to feel himself forgotten?

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

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