To save your world you asked this man to die; would this man, could he see you now, ask why?

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

No hero is mortal till he dies.

No hero is mortal till he dies.

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...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as...

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate...

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

A false enchantment can all too easily last a lifetime.

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...

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...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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

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

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

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

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

All works of art are commissioned in the sense that no artist can create one...

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.