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W. H. Auden
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden
Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too ''personal'' style.
W. H. Auden
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
W. H. Auden
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell.
W. H. Auden
Now is the age of anxiety.
W. H. Auden
Nobody knows what the cause is, though some pretend they do; it like some hidden assassin waiting to strike at you. Childless women get it, and men when they retire; it as if there had to be some outlet for their foiled creative fire.
W. H. Auden
No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called Games.
W. H. Auden
No hero is mortal till he dies.
W. H. Auden
No good opera plot can be sensible:... people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
W. H. Auden
No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.