W. H. Auden Quotes About Life

Quotes about: Life

• Among those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.

  W. H. Auden

  Love, Inspirational, Life

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "Notes on the Comic"

• No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

  W. H. Auden

  Life, Believe, Writing

  Dyer's Hand (1963) "Writing"

• In the end, art is small beer. The really serious things are earning one's living so as not to be a parasite and loving one's neighbor.

  W. H. Auden

  Life, Art, Beer

• Fate succumbs many a species: one alone jeopardises itself.

  W. H. Auden

  Life, Fate, Species

• Weep for the lives your wishes never led.

  W. H. Auden

  Life, Hope, Wish

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