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Should Quotes by Wystan Hugh Auden
- Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
- Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how…
- It is axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more sensitive than other people because, when we are insensitive in our dealings…
- Criticism should be a casual conversation.
- Precisely because we do not communicate by singing, a song can be out of place but not out of character; it is just as credible…
- Our researchers into Public Opinion are content That he held the proper opinions for the time of year; When there was peace, he was for…
- What answer to the meaning of existence should one require beyond the right to exercise one's gifts?
- How should we like it were stars to burn With a passion for us we could not return? If equal affection cannot be, Let the…
- Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people…
- The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his…
- I know nothing, except what everyone knows - if there when Grace dances, I should dance.
- That the speech of self-disclosure should be translatable seems to me very odd, but I am convinced that it is. The conclusion that I draw…
- 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,…
- Without art, we should have no notion of the sacred; without science, we should always worship false gods.
- Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction.
- Civilizations should be measured by the degree of diversity attained and the degree of unity retained.
- Anyone who has a child today should train him to be either a physicist or a ballet dancer. Then he'll escape.
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- The alliance should agree... to an effective NATO role against the new threats presented by international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. — Jose Maria Aznar
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- It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then. — Richard Armour
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- The test for whether or not you can hold a job should not be the arrangement of your chromosomes. — Bella Abzug
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