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W. H. Auden
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.
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W. H. Auden
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.
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W. H. Auden
No opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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W. H. Auden
One cannot review a bad book without showing off.
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W. H. Auden
Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
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W. H. Auden
We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know.
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W. H. Auden
It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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W. H. Auden
No person can be a great leader unless he takes genuine joy in the successes of those under him.
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