Author: W. H. Auden

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

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

- W. H. Auden

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

God bless the USA, so large, so friendly, and so rich.

- 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

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.

- W. H. Auden

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.

I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.

- 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

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

It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

It's a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it.

- W. H. Auden

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.

What the mass media offers is not popular art, but entertainment which is intended to be consumed like food, forgotten, and replaced by a new dish.

- W. H. Auden

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