What did W. H. Auden mean by: O let not Time deceive you, You cannot conquer Time. W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Identity, Search, Unconscious, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ It’s better to say, ‘I’m suffering,’ than to say, ‘This landscape is ugly. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Empathy, Perception, Self-awareness, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ You shall love your crooked neighbour, with your crooked heart. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Imperfection, Love, Relationships, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Change, History, Identity, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ We were put on this Earth to help others. Why others were put here is beyond me. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Altruism, Confusion, Purpose, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Those who hate to go to bed fear death; those who hate to get up fear life. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Death, Fear, Life, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Behind you swiftly the figure comes softly, The spot on your skin is a shocking disease. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Discomfort, Fear, Intrigue, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ You will be a poet because you will always be humiliated. Author, June 2, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Creativity, Failure, Resilience, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
Lying is the only art form that the public sanctions and instinctively prefers to reality. Read explanation Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Watch yourself all your life in a mirror and you’ll see Death at work like bees in a glass hive. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
It is no more in our power to love always than it was not to love at all. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
A man has made great progress in cunning when he does not seem too clever to others. Read explanation Jean de la Bruyere Writer · France
