Maxioms by W. H. Auden
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other read more
The ear tends to be lazy, craves the familiar, and is shocked by the unexpected: the eye, on the other hand, tends to be impatient, craves the novel and is bored by repetition.
Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.
Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable.
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience read more
Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.
Among those whom I like, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all read more
Among those whom I like, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.
