W. H. Auden Quotes

'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

W. H. Auden

• Art
• Nature
• Science
• Healing

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• 'Healing,' Papa would tell me, 'is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.'

  

  W. H. Auden
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  • Nature
  • Science