To make one, there must be two.
W.H. Auden
Unity, Duality, Creation, Relationships, Philosophical Concept
W.H. Auden’s Quotes On Topics
Human Limitation | All-encompassing | Purpose | Connection | Vocation | Acceptance | Skepticism | Discrimination | History | Virtue | Novelty | Positivity | Life Cycle | Personal Growth | Truth-seeking | Self-disclosure | Action | Accountability | Domestic Imagery | Equality | More
More W.H. Auden Quotes
“Over the tea-cups and in the square the tongue has its desire; Still waters run deep, my dear, there's never smoke without fire.” W.H. Auden
Desire, Conversation, Hidden Depths, Proverbs, Social Interactions
W.H. Auden Desire, Conversation, Hidden Depths, Proverbs, Social Interactions“The theater has never been any good since the actors became gentlemen.” W.H. Auden
Theater, Acting, Social Class, Artistic Decline, Cultural Criticism
W.H. Auden Theater, Acting, Social Class, Artistic Decline, Cultural Criticism“Poetry might be defined as the clear expression of mixed feelings.” W.H. Auden
Poetry, Emotions, Clarity, Expression, Definition
W.H. Auden Poetry, Emotions, Clarity, Expression, Definition“Let me see what I wrote so I know what I think.” W.H. Auden
Writing, Thought, Self-discovery, Reflection, Creative Process
W.H. Auden Writing, Thought, Self-discovery, Reflection, Creative Process“History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.” W.H. Auden
History, Questions, Anthropology, Sociology, Academic Disciplines
W.H. Auden History, Questions, Anthropology, Sociology, Academic Disciplines“The eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity.” W.H. Auden
Perception, Novelty, Familiarity, Senses, Human Nature
W.H. Auden Perception, Novelty, Familiarity, Senses, Human Nature“Lovers have lived so long with giants and elves, they won’t believe again in their own size.” W.H. Auden
Romance, Fantasy, Disillusionment, Reality, Self-perception
W.H. Auden Romance, Fantasy, Disillusionment, Reality, Self-perception“I don't think the mystical experience can be verbalized. When the ego disappears, so does power over language.” W.H. Auden
Mysticism, Language, Ego, Ineffability, Spiritual Experience
W.H. Auden Mysticism, Language, Ego, Ineffability, Spiritual Experience“Swans in the winter air A white perfection have.” W.H. Auden
Nature, Beauty, Perfection, Winter, Poetic Imagery
W.H. Auden Nature, Beauty, Perfection, Winter, Poetic Imagery“From beginning to end Wilde performed his life and continued to do so even after fame had taken the plot out of his own hands.” W.H. Auden
Oscar Wilde, Performance, Life As Art, Fame, Literary Biography
W.H. Auden Oscar Wilde, Performance, Life As Art, Fame, Literary Biography“Shall memory restore The steps and the shore, The face and the meeting place;.” W.H. Auden
Memory, Restoration, Place, Relationships, Nostalgia
W.H. Auden Memory, Restoration, Place, Relationships, Nostalgia“Music is the best means we have of digesting time.” W.H. Auden
Music, Time, Perception, Experience, Metaphor
W.H. Auden Music, Time, Perception, Experience, Metaphor“Any society is in danger of dismissing the virtue of another society because of its vices, and a democracy is always in danger of not paying enough attention to manners and forms.” W.H. Auden
Society, Virtue, Vice, Democracy, Cultural Criticism
W.H. Auden Society, Virtue, Vice, Democracy, Cultural Criticism“A dead man who never caused others to die seldom rates a statue.” W.H. Auden
Legacy, Morality, Public Recognition, Death, Historical Commemoration
W.H. Auden Legacy, Morality, Public Recognition, Death, Historical Commemoration“Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.” W.H. Auden
Marriage, Romance, Commitment, Time, Emotional Complexity
W.H. Auden Marriage, Romance, Commitment, Time, Emotional Complexity“No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.” W.H. Auden
Leadership, Joy, Success, Empowerment, Selflessness
W.H. Auden Leadership, Joy, Success, Empowerment, Selflessness“Thank God for books as an alternative to conversation.” W.H. Auden
Books, Conversation, Introversion, Reading, Social Commentary
W.H. Auden Books, Conversation, Introversion, Reading, Social Commentary“All pity is self-pity.” W.H. Auden
Pity, Self-centeredness, Empathy, Human Nature, Psychological Insight
W.H. Auden Pity, Self-centeredness, Empathy, Human Nature, Psychological Insight