Behinds Quote by W. H. Auden Download Open image “Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind.” — W. H. Auden ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Behinds Creatures Historical History History making Men Past Repeats Time
Man is an historical animal, with a deep sense of his own past; and if he cannot integrate the past by a history explicit… — Geoffrey Barraclough Copy Share Image
Man simply cannot live as the time-animal and the art-animal that he is, without history. — Carlton J. H. Hayes Copy Share Image
It is not worthwhile to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions impossible — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
It is not worth while to try to keep history from repeating itself, for man's character will always make the preventing of the repetitions… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it. — Camilo Jose Cela Copy Share Image
I repeat, not the man does it, because he has nothing to say on his own destiny, because how the history of the human… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
Men make their own history; but they make it under given conditions, and they become entangled thereby in a fate which is in part… — Reinhard Bendix Copy Share Image
Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Why doesn't the United States take over the monarchy and unite with England? England does have important assets. Naturally the longer you wait, the… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
The commonest ivory tower is that of the average man, the state of passivity towards experience. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Harrow the house of the dead; look shining at New styles of architecture, a change of heart. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Most poetry is the utterance of a man in some state of passion, love, joy, grief, rage, etc., and no doubt this is as… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Men will pay large sums to whores for telling them they are not bores. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
If age, which is certainly Just as wicked as youth, look any wiser, It is only that youth is still able to believe It… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
One cannot walk through an assembly factory and not feel that one is in Hell. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
How happy the lot of the mathematician. He is judged solely by his peers, and the standard is so high that no colleague or… — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return. — W. H. Auden Copy Share Image
Resist discouragement by speaking His Word over your future. Keep standing. Keep hoping; keep believing because He is working behind the scenes. He's going… — Joel Osteen Copy Share Image
Elections belong to the people. It's their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
Time is painted with a lock before, and bald behind, signifying thereby that we must take time by the forelock; for, when it is… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
Home is behind, the world ahead, And there are many paths to tread Through shadows to the edge of night, Until the stars are… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Behind every word flows energy. If you use your words to gossip or babble about what you are going to do before you do… — Sonia Choquette Copy Share Image
With the realization of God comes all power. If the little wave knew that behind it is the great ocean, it could say, "I… — Paramahansa Yogananda Copy Share Image
Conservatism is not about leaving people behind. Conservatism is about empowering people to catch up, to give them the tools at their disposable that… — Marco Rubio Copy Share Image
And the seasons they go 'round and 'round And the painted ponies go up and down We're captive on the carousel of time We… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or… — Ike Turner Copy Share Image
