Wystan Hugh Auden, known more commonly as W. H. Auden was an English poet, often considered one of the greatest poets of the twentieth century. He was one of the greatest Anglo American poets. Born in England, he later obtained an American citizenship.
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each in the cell of himself is almost convinced of his freedom, Go to Quote / Comment
How happy the lot of the mathematician! He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or rival can ever win a reputation he does not deserve. No cashier writes a letter to the press complaining about the incomprehensibility of Modern Mathematics and comparing it unfavorably with the good old days when mathematicians were content to paper irregularly shaped rooms and fill bathtubs without closing the waste pipe. Go to Quote / Comment
Thousands have lived without love, not one without water. Go to Quote / Comment
We must love one another or die. Go to Quote / Comment
We are here on Earth to do good to others. What the others are here for, I don't know. Go to Quote / Comment