W.H. Auden Quotes - Page 3

To make one, there must be two.

Small tyrants, threatened by big,
sincerely believe
they love liberty.

The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.

Music is the best means we have of digesting time.

The friends who met here and embraced are gone,
Each to his own mistake;

Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society must take the place of the victim, and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness.

When words lose their meaning, physical force takes over.

from an essay for Writers by Nancy Crampton