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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 life the loser's score is always zero.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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It is, for example, axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings with others, we cannot be aware of it at the time: conscious insensitivity is a self-contradiction.
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In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them.
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Oh, how I wish that Orwell were still alive, so that I could read his comments on contemporary events!
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Hunger allows no choice.
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Had Greek civilization never existed ... we would never have become fully conscious.
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Sexual fidelity is more important in a homosexual relationship than in any other. In other relationships there are a variety of ties. But here, fidelity is the only bond.
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Lay your sleeping head, my love, Human on my faithless arm.
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Few can remember clearly when innocence came to a sudden end, the moment at which we ask for the first time: Am I loved?
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