Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

Every American poet feels that the whole responsibility for contemporary poetry has fallen upon his...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences...

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...

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

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...

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

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

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

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

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...

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

Health is the state about which medicine has nothing to say

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...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

Literary confessors are contemptible, like beggars who exhibit their sores for money, but not so...

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...

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God...

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...

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...

Listening to someone telling a story and thinking to yourself, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie,...

Listening to someone telling a story and thinking to yourself, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie,...

In delay there lies no plenty.

In delay there lies no plenty.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.

Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.