You owe it to us all to get on with what you're good at.

Quote by W H Auden

Topics: W H Auden Quotes

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...

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...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

Even the dreadful martyrdom must run its course Anyhow in a corner, some untidy spot...

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 the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

When the Sex War ended with the slaughter of the Grandmothers, / They found a...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho...

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

Now is the age of anxiety.

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.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

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

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

We must love one another or die.

We must love one another or die.

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.

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

The word 'Intellectual' suggests straight away - A man who's untrue to his wife

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living.

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...

To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog.

To live long, eat like a cat, drink like a dog.

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Strong drink stupefies a man and makes it possible for him to forget; it gives...

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men...

Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men...