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Some books are undeservedly forgotten none are undeservedly remembered.
W. H. Auden
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W. H. Auden
Age: 66 †
Born: 1907
Born: February 21
Died: 1973
Died: September 28
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In a game, just losing is almost as satisfying as just winning... In life the loser's score is always zero.
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Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.
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We honor founders of these starving cities, Whose honor is the image of our sorrow.
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The stars are not wanted now, put out every one Pack up the moon & dismantle the sun.
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The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience.
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I know nothing, except what everyone knows - if there when Grace dances, I should dance.
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Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.
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Blessed be all metrical rules that forbid automatic responses, force us to have second thoughts, free us from the fetters of Self.
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