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What is a Professor of Poetry? How can poetry be professed?
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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If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.
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May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that 'faith' is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?
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If there are any souls in hell, it is because that is where they insist on being.
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Does God judge us by appearances? I Suspect that He does.
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
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The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.
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A person incapable of imaging another world than given to him by his senses would be subhuman, and a person who identifies his imaginary world with the world of sensory fact has become insane.
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In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.
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The most difficult problem in personal knowledge, whether of oneself or of others, is the problem of guessing when to think as a historian and when to think as an anthropologist.
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Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the more they will dwindle. At least you could use it for a summer resort instead of Maine.
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There was still gold and silver in the mountains, And hunger was a more immediate sorrow
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Lost in a haunted wood, Children afraid of the night Who have never been happy or good.
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