Famous Quotes, Funny Quotes from W. H. Auden [1907 - 1973] - US (English-born) critic & poet  

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Quotes "Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh."
- W. H. Auden, More quotation on Laughter.
Quotes "No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible."
- W. H. Auden.
Quotes "One cannot review a bad book without showing off."
- W. H. Auden, More quotation on Criticism.
Quotes "Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered."
- W. H. Auden, More quotation on Books.
Quotes "We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know."
- W. H. Auden.
Quotes "A poet's hope: to be,
like some valley cheese,
local, but prized elsewhere."
- W. H. Auden, Collected Poems, More quotation on Poetry.

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