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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.
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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All pity is self-pity.
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To read is to translate, for no two persons' experiences are the same. A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally.
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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.
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In addition to English, at least one ancient language, probably Greek or Hebrew, and two modern languages would be required.
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In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor.
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