Inspiring Quotes by W. H. Auden - Page 2

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Small: Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, beca
"Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return"
Small: May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the his
"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?"
Small: Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy
"Sob, heavy world Sob as you spin, Mantled in mist Remote from the happy"
Small: My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain
"My face looks like a wedding-cake left out in the rain"
Small: Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any
"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"
Small: The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living
"The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living"
Small: Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or p
"Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods"
Small: A verbal art like poetry is reflective it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become
"A verbal art like poetry is reflective; it stops to think. Music is immediate, it goes on to become"
Small: Art is born of humiliation
"Art is born of humiliation"
Small: Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self
"Every autobiography is concerned with two characters, a Don Quixote, the Ego, and a Sancho Panza, the Self"
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