Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money,...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

I sit in one of the dives On Fifty-Second Street Uncertain and afraid As the...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of...

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...

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...

Art is born of humiliation.

Art is born of humiliation.

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...

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...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own...

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...

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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.

No hero is immortal till he dies

No hero is immortal till he dies

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of...

To have no heroes is to have no aspiration, to live on the momentum of...

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you...

That's what it takes to be a hero, a little gem of innocence inside you...