What did W. H. Auden mean by: Those who hate to go to bed fear death; those who hate to get up fear life. W. H. Auden Poet · England Copy
+ The eye likes novelty, but the ear craves familiarity. Author, June 5, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Eye, Novelty, 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
+ What answer to the meaning of existence should one require beyond the right to exercise one’s gifts? Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Existence, Gifts, Meaning, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ A dead man who never caused others to die seldom rates a statue. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Death, Impact, Recognition, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ We all have these places where shy humiliations gambol on sunny afternoons. Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Resilience, Shame, Vulnerability, 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
+ Doom is dark and deeper than any sea-dingle. Author, August 28, 2023January 2, 2025, W. H. Auden, Darkness, Depth, Despair, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
+ Let us honor if we can the vertical man, though we value none but the horizontal one Author, January 13, 2024January 9, 2025, W. H. Auden, Honor, Value, 0 W. H. Auden Poet · England
Art must make you laugh a little and make you a little afraid. Anything as long as it doesn’t bore. Jean Dubuffet Artist · France
I only fear the death of others. For me, true death is that of the people I love Jean Cocteau Artist · France
Here I am trying to live, or rather, I am trying to teach the death within me how to live. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
