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
+ We are lived by powers we pretend to understand. Author, July 21, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Power, Pretense, Understanding, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Nobody is ever sent to Hell: he or she insists on going there. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Choice, Consequences, Self-determination, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Recipe for the upbringing of a poet: ‘As much neurosis as the child can bear. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Neurosis, Poetry, Upbringing, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ There is a great deal of difference in believing something still, and believing it again. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Belief, Certainty, Doubt, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Goodness is easier to recognize than to define. Author, August 4, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Definition, Goodness, Recognition, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ In the deserts of the heartLet the healing fountain start. Author, August 26, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Healing, Renewal, Transformation, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Poetry is the only art people haven’t learned to consume like soup. Author, January 14, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Art, Consumption, Poetry, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The most important truths are likely to be those which society at that time least wants to hear. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Society, Truth, Uncomfortable, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
When you live under the power of terror and segregation, you can’t ever start a work of art. Jeanne Moreau Actress · France
We love good looks rather than what is practical, Though good looks may prove destructive. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast. Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
The best laid plot can injure its maker, and often a man’s perfidy will rebound on himself. Read explanation Jean de La Fontaine Poet · France
