W. H. Auden Quotes
When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
W. H. Auden
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The minute I started being recognised, I became much more discreet.
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Patrick Lencioni
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Yael Cohen
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Children sweeten labours. But they make misfortune more bitter. They increase the care of life. But they mitigate the remembrance of death. The perpetuity of generation is common to beasts. But memory, merit and noble works are proper to men. And surely a man shall see the noblest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men which have sought to express the images of their minds where those of their bodies have failed.
Francis Bacon
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Wanda Sykes
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I was young and felt like it was opportunity 'cause they were moving units back then on the underground scene.
Young Buck
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When he laughed, respectable senators burst with laughter, And when he cried the little children died in the streets.
W. H. Auden
