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W. H. Auden quotes about learning

English Poet February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973

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Looking up at the stars, I know quite well That, for all they care, I can go to hell, But on earth indifference is the least We have to dread from man or beast. How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the more loving one be me. Admirer as I think I am Of stars that do not give a damn, I cannot, now I see them, say I missed one terribly all day. Were all stars to disappear or die, I should learn to look at an empty... W. H. Auden
There must always be two kinds of art: escape-art, for man needs escape as he needs food and deep sleep, and parable-art, that art which shall teach man to unlearn hatred and learn love. W. H. Auden
Slowly we are learning, We at least know this much, That we have to unlearn. Much that we were taught, And are growing chary. Of emphatic dogmas; Love like Matter is much. Odder than we thought. W. H. Auden
Warm are the still and lucky miles, White shores of longing stretch away, A light of recognition fills. The whole great day, and bright. The tiny world of lovers' arms. Silence invades the breathing wood. Where drowsy limbs a treasure keep, Now greenly falls the learned shade. Across the sleeping brows. And stirs their secret to a smile. Restored! Returned! The lost are borne. On seas of shipwreck home at last: See! In a fire of praising burns. The dry dumb past, and we. Our life-day long... W. H. Auden
Were all stars to disappear and die, I should learn to look at an empty sky And feel its total dark sublime, Though this might take me a little time. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Learn from your dreams what you lack."
Learn from your dreams what you lack. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "I and the public know. What all schoolchildren learn, Those to..."
I and the public know. What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done. Do evil in return. W. H. Auden

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