Author: W. H. Auden

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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

- W. H. Auden

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

- W. H. Auden

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

- W. H. Auden

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

A poet is, before anything else, a person who is passionately in love with language.

- W. H. Auden

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

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

- W. H. Auden

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

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

- W. H. Auden

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

Death is the sound of distant thunder at a picnic.

- W. H. Auden

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.

- W. H. Auden

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

- W. H. Auden

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