W. H. Auden Quotes

I used to try and concentrate the poem so much that there wasn't a word that wasn't essential. This leads to becoming boring and constipated.

W. H. Auden

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I don't fault my former law firm for running their business like a business or expecting their new hire to be worth the obscene rate she was billed out at, but fun it was not.

Rachel Sklar
- She
- Business
- Fun
Neither can the wave that has passed by be recalled, nor the hour which has passed return again.

Ovid
- Return
- Wave
- Nor
I grew up playing golf, and if I were ever good enough to play professionally, I would get to travel the world while playing a sport I love.

Taylor Cole
- World
- Good
- Travel
Thus, anybody who follows this nature and gives way its states will be led into quarrels and conflicts, and go against the conventions and rules of society, and will end up a criminal.

Xun Kuang
- Up
- Nature
- Society
In life, so many things are taken for granted, but one thing I can honestly say is that I took every day, enjoyed the game of putting on that uniform and playing the great game of baseball.

Wade Boggs
- Life
- Great
- Game
The first time someone tried to share the Gospel with me, I naively explained that I was Jewish and born in Israel, thank you... This was a big mistake. In certain parts of Christian America, admitting I was an Israeli-born Jew turned me into walking catnip.

Hanna Rosin
- Time
- America
- Christian