The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: Age Quotes

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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....

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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...

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...

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.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

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.

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

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

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.

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it...

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

In a world of prayer, we are all equal in the sense that each of...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

When I am in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who...

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us.

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...

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

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

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

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...