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Come Quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
- We are not commanded (or forbidden) to love our mates, our children, our friends, our country because such affections come naturally to us and are…
- Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone, Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone. Silence the pianos and with muffled drum Bring…
- Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the only…
- The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews Not to be born is the best for man The second best is a formal…
- A writer, or at least a poet, is always being asked by people who should know better: “Whom do you write for?” The question is,…
- As readers, we remain in the nursery stage so long as we cannot distinguish between taste and judgment, so long, that is, as the only…
More Come Quotes
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- I guess I wanted to leave America for awhile. It wasn't that I wanted to become an expatriate, or just never come… — Paul Auster
- Set lists are tough because you come up with this structure of how the songs are going to go from one to… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- There's no rule, no law, no regulation that says you can't come back. So I have every right to come back. — Lance Armstrong
- Obviously, I come from one background, and the people that design fitness equipment have been doing it for years and years, and… — Lance Armstrong
- Gliders, sail planes, they're wonderful flying machines. It's the closest you can come to being a bird. — Neil Armstrong
- Spare me the whispering, crowded room, the friends who come and gape and go, the ceremonious air of gloom - all, which… — Matthew Arnold
- I had some big ups and downs when I was in my 20s and the one thing I learned was, no matter… — Darren Aronofsky
- For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take… — Mary Kay Ash
- So many women just don't know how great they really are. They come to us all vogue outside and vague on the… — Mary Kay Ash
- Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time. — Arthur Ashe
- It's risky in a marriage for a man to come home too late, but it can sometimes pose an even greater risk… — Marcel Achard