We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.

Quote by W H Auden

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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...

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession.

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

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

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our...

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

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

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Men make the mistake of thinking that because women can't see the sense in violence,...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among...

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...

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...

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons.

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

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

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

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...

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

A poet can write about a man slaying a dragon, but not about a man...

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

Murder is commoner among cooks than among members of any other profession

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...

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their...

Some people give time, some money, some their skills and connections, some literally give their...

We all know that the first bankers of the world Rothschilds are Jews; we know...

We all know that the first bankers of the world Rothschilds are Jews; we know...

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.

I should like to live like a poor man, with a great deal of money.