What did W. H. Auden mean by: The friends who met here and embraced are gone, Each to his own mistake. W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ There are not many English novels which deserve to be called great: Parade’s End is one of them. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Love, Society, War, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ To hunt for symbols in a fairy tale is absolutely fatal. Author, August 13, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Fatalism, Interpretation, Symbols, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ To make one, there must be two. Author, August 7, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Creation, Duality, Interconnectedness, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Time will say nothing but I told you so. Author, October 6, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Consequences, Time, Warning, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ The camera may do justice to laughter, but must degrade sorrow. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Emotion, Perception, Truth, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Those to whom evil is doneDo evil in return. Author, September 9, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Consequences, Cycle, Retaliation, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Great art is clear thinking about mixed feelings. Author, August 2, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Artistry, Clarity, Emotions, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Weep for the lives your wishes never led. Author, July 14, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Dreams, Loss, Regret, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
The dead drug leaves a ghost behind. At certain hours it haunts the house. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
I succeeded in bewitching a fair number and in being intoxicated with my mistakes. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Every time an artist dies, part of the vision of mankind passes with him. Franklin D. Roosevelt 32nd U.S. President · USA
