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W. H. Auden quotes

English Poet February 21, 1907 – September 29, 1973

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W. H. Auden quote: "A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but..."
A poet's hope: to be, like some valley cheese, local, but prized elsewhere. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Sorry, my dear, one mustn't be bohemian!"
Sorry, my dear, one mustn't be bohemian! W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "Art is born of humiliation."
Art is born of humiliation. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "There's always another story. There's more than meets the eye."
There's always another story. There's more than meets the eye. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling..."
The basic stimulus to the intelligence is doubt, a feeling that the meaning of an experience is not self-evident. W. H. Auden
People always get what they want. But there is a price for everything. Failures are either those who do not know what they want or are not prepared to pay the price asked them. The price varies from individual to individual. Some get things at bargain-sale prices, others only at famine prices. But it is no use grumbling. Whatever price you are asked, you must pay. W. H. Auden
In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain."
My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain. W. H. Auden
Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "I know nothing, except what everyone knows - if there when..."
I know nothing, except what everyone knows - if there when Grace dances, I should dance. W. H. Auden
When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes. W. H. Auden
It's frightening how easy it is to commit murder in America. Just a drink too much. I can see myself doing it. In England, one feels all the social restraints holding one back. But here, anything can happen. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "One cannot review a bad book without showing off."
One cannot review a bad book without showing off. W. H. Auden
W. H. Auden quote: "And none will hear the postman’s knock Without a quickening of..."
And none will hear the postman’s knock Without a quickening of the heart. For who can bear to feel himself forgotten? W. H. Auden
You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in England, where people think of a secret as a shared relation between two people. W. H. Auden

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