What did W. H. Auden mean by: Acts of injustice done Between the setting and the rising sun In history lie like bones, each one. - W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ Time will say nothing but I told you so. Feraz Zeid, October 6, 2023December 26, 2023, W. H. Auden, Time, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The slogan of Hell: Eat or be eaten. The slogan of Heaven: Eat and be eaten. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Heaven, Hell, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Beer, Book, Quality, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ a culture is no better than its woods Feraz Zeid, September 10, 2023December 26, 2023, W. H. Auden, Climate, Nature, Woods, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The words of a dead man are modified in the guts of the living. Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Death, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Human language is mythological and metaphorical by nature. Feraz Zeid, September 22, 2023December 26, 2023, W. H. Auden, Human, Language, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ A real book is not one that we read, but one that reads us. Feraz Zeid, October 22, 2023December 26, 2023, W. H. Auden, Book, Reading, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ There was still gold and silver in the mountains, And hunger was a more immediate sorrow Feraz Zeid, January 13, 2024January 13, 2024, W. H. Auden, Gold, Mountain, Sorrow, 0 - W. H. Auden Poet · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Explain - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
There’s no such thing as autobiography, there’s only art and lies - Jeanette Winterson Author · England
What is history after all? History is facts which become lies in the end. - Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Generosity lies less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
The art of love is to embrace the world and that which lies beyond it. Explain - Frederick Lenz Philosopher · USA
Between good sense and good taste there lies the difference between a cause and its effect. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A heap of epithets is poor praise: the praise lies in the facts, and in the way of telling them. Explain - Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
