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Only animals who are below civilization and the angels who are beyond it can be sincere. Human beings are, necessarily, actors who cannot become something before they have first pretended to be it; and they can be divided, not into the hypocritical and the sincere, but into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.
W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, Part 5 “The Masque” (1947)More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/86043/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #auden #whauden #acting #deception #habit #humannature #humanity #hypocrisy #imitation #insincerity #masks #pretense #selfchange #selfdeception #selfimprovement #sincerity #practice #humanbehavior
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Only animals who are below civilization and the angels who are beyond it can be sincere. Human beings are, necessarily, actors who cannot become something before they have first pretended to be it; and they can be divided, not into the hypocritical and the sincere, but into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.
W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, Part 5 “The Masque” (1947)More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/86043/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #auden #whauden #acting #deception #habit #humannature #humanity #hypocrisy #imitation #insincerity #masks #pretense #selfchange #selfdeception #selfimprovement #sincerity #practice #humanbehavior
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Only animals who are below civilization and the angels who are beyond it can be sincere. Human beings are, necessarily, actors who cannot become something before they have first pretended to be it; and they can be divided, not into the hypocritical and the sincere, but into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.
W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, Part 5 “The Masque” (1947)More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/86043/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #auden #whauden #acting #deception #habit #humannature #humanity #hypocrisy #imitation #insincerity #masks #pretense #selfchange #selfdeception #selfimprovement #sincerity #practice #humanbehavior
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Only animals who are below civilization and the angels who are beyond it can be sincere. Human beings are, necessarily, actors who cannot become something before they have first pretended to be it; and they can be divided, not into the hypocritical and the sincere, but into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.
W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, Part 5 “The Masque” (1947)More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/86043/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #auden #whauden #acting #deception #habit #humannature #humanity #hypocrisy #imitation #insincerity #masks #pretense #selfchange #selfdeception #selfimprovement #sincerity #practice #humanbehavior
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Only animals who are below civilization and the angels who are beyond it can be sincere. Human beings are, necessarily, actors who cannot become something before they have first pretended to be it; and they can be divided, not into the hypocritical and the sincere, but into the sane who know they are acting and the mad who do not.
W. H. Auden (1907–1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
The Age of Anxiety: A Baroque Eclogue, Part 5 “The Masque” (1947)More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/86043/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #auden #whauden #acting #deception #habit #humannature #humanity #hypocrisy #imitation #insincerity #masks #pretense #selfchange #selfdeception #selfimprovement #sincerity #practice #humanbehavior
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"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Tom O'Bedlam
A meditation on the limits of human knowledge that invites us to ponder the very essence of human understanding, the unstoppable power of time, and the helplessness of love.
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"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Tom O'Bedlam
A meditation on the limits of human knowledge that invites us to ponder the very essence of human understanding, the unstoppable power of time, and the helplessness of love.
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"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Tom O'Bedlam
A meditation on the limits of human knowledge that invites us to ponder the very essence of human understanding, the unstoppable power of time, and the helplessness of love.
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"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Tom O'Bedlam
A meditation on the limits of human knowledge that invites us to ponder the very essence of human understanding, the unstoppable power of time, and the helplessness of love.
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"If I Could Tell You" by W.H. Auden, read by Tom O'Bedlam
A meditation on the limits of human knowledge that invites us to ponder the very essence of human understanding, the unstoppable power of time, and the helplessness of love.
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The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
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The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
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The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
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The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
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The More Loving One: The Science of Entropy and the Art of Alternative Endings
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden -
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden -
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden -
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden -
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden -
Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #Panopainting #Kayaks #Everglades #Florida
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Today's poem:
The Night Mail
- by WH Audenhttps://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/820835918671970304?source=share
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Today's poem:
The Night Mail
- by WH Audenhttps://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/820835918671970304?source=share
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Today's poem:
The Night Mail
- by WH Audenhttps://www.tumblr.com/ukdamo/820835918671970304?source=share
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https://www.europesays.com/at/244581/ Berührender Abschied – Botschafterin geht: „Lindsay, we will miss you!“ – Kronen Zeitung #AngloAmerikanischen #Austria #britische #JohannaMiklLeitner #Lindsay #LindsaySkoll #MiklLeitner #Nachrichten #News #Niederösterreich #QueenElizabeth #Schlagzeilen #UniversitätOxford #WHAuden #Welt #World #WorldNews
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Companions on Parnassus | THR Web Features | Web Features | The Hedgehog Review
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Companions on Parnassus | THR Web Features | Web Features | The Hedgehog Review
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Companions on Parnassus | THR Web Features | Web Features | The Hedgehog Review
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Companions on Parnassus | THR Web Features | Web Features | The Hedgehog Review
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Companions on Parnassus | THR Web Features | Web Features | The Hedgehog Review
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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 42
Fisherman’s Blues
Life is a journey by train and each song is like a station. Take time to explore. That’s where the magic happens.
“And on that fine and fateful day
I will take thee in my hands
I will ride on the train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms”#TheWaterboys #MikeScott #SteveWickham #WHAuden #TheWonderStuff #GreatAuntIda #EmiliaClarke #Dawes #JohnPrine #NikoStratis
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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 42
Fisherman’s Blues
Life is a journey by train and each song is like a station. Take time to explore. That’s where the magic happens.
“And on that fine and fateful day
I will take thee in my hands
I will ride on the train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms”#TheWaterboys #MikeScott #SteveWickham #WHAuden #TheWonderStuff #GreatAuntIda #EmiliaClarke #Dawes #JohnPrine #NikoStratis
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Ted Tocks Covers - Year 9 - Day 42
Fisherman’s Blues
Life is a journey by train and each song is like a station. Take time to explore. That’s where the magic happens.
“And on that fine and fateful day
I will take thee in my hands
I will ride on the train
I will be the fisherman
With light in my head
You in my arms”#TheWaterboys #MikeScott #SteveWickham #WHAuden #TheWonderStuff #GreatAuntIda #EmiliaClarke #Dawes #JohnPrine #NikoStratis
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“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
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“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
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“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
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
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Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Authenticity #Originality #Writing
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The Uncertainty Of It All, Heisenberg You Were Right
As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Urdu Gulli
(I know friends are already suspecting
Since I was in 9th class
That I steal lines or wholesale,
So let me confess those two lines
Are mods of WH Auden’s poem
Not telling which poem
Do some homework).Returning from Minerva Coffee Shop
After Hot and Sour Soup
And Grilled Cheese Sandwich
With a few chips as garnishment
Waiters nowadays have become very caring
He asked me if I wanted more helping of chips
I smiled and pointed to my belly
He gave a hearty chuckle
This young guy who is in far better health
Of the body, not finances,
I ask him to get the bill,
And then maître d’hôtel walks up to me
And asks “Tea?”
I say why not, and he who sees me
At the coffee shop, alone, often,
I know him better than he does me
He only knows that I take tea in the end
I know how much he earns,
How long he has been working here
How old he is
He is still unmarried, etc.Now you are wondering,
Where is the uncertainty in this all buddy
All too predictable—the cheese sandwich—
You who are not exactly slim,
I start to protest I was once and stop
Realizing I have to justify the title,
Ok, read the last stanza.As I walked out one evening,
#AsIWalkedOutOneEvening #faith #Life #MinervaCoffeeShop #Poem #Poetry #Uncertainty #WHAuden #Writing
Walking back down Urdu Gulli,
I stepped on a banana peel
With a little bit of its pulp inside
I almost fall, and let out
A mild gasp, either Oh My
Or Oh God, must have been Oh God
Because God is very much on my mind
For too long now, in fact so long
I keep remembering Samuel Beckett’s play
Not telling which play, look up
Do your homework, my God you guys are lazy
See how God has made his appearance again
But I digress, and upon hearing My God
The male of the couple behind me
Asked, “What happened Sir?”
By the time I look up
I find the girl/woman (his girlfriend or wife?)
Ahead of him by a few meters
He has lagged behind
Does that happen these days
The women outpacing we men
Anyway, I digress again,
So I point to the banana peel
And shrug and say,
“Can’t even sue anyone”
He gives a chuckle
Perhaps wondering
Suing? What’s going on?
And I add, maybe there’s a CC TV camera
He says unnecessarily, “Evidence”
And wanting to have the last word
I say, ‘Yeah, the smokin’ gun”,
And walk back to my apartment
“Shaken and stirred” (sorry, Bond). -
The Uncertainty Of It All, Heisenberg You Were Right
As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Urdu Gulli
(I know friends are already suspecting
Since I was in 9th class
That I steal lines or wholesale,
So let me confess those two lines
Are mods of WH Auden’s poem
Not telling which poem
Do some homework).Returning from Minerva Coffee Shop
After Hot and Sour Soup
And Grilled Cheese Sandwich
With a few chips as garnishment
Waiters nowadays have become very caring
He asked me if I wanted more helping of chips
I smiled and pointed to my belly
He gave a hearty chuckle
This young guy who is in far better health
Of the body, not finances,
I ask him to get the bill,
And then maître d’hôtel walks up to me
And asks “Tea?”
I say why not, and he who sees me
At the coffee shop, alone, often,
I know him better than he does me
He only knows that I take tea in the end
I know how much he earns,
How long he has been working here
How old he is
He is still unmarried, etc.Now you are wondering,
Where is the uncertainty in this all buddy
All too predictable—the cheese sandwich—
You who are not exactly slim,
I start to protest I was once and stop
Realizing I have to justify the title,
Ok, read the last stanza.As I walked out one evening,
#AsIWalkedOutOneEvening #MinervaCoffeeShop #Poem #Poetry #Uncertainty #WHAuden
Walking back down Urdu Gulli,
I stepped on a banana peel
With a little bit of its pulp inside
I almost fall, and let out
A mild gasp, either Oh My
Or Oh God, must have been Oh God
Because God is very much on my mind
For too long now, in fact so long
I keep remembering Samuel Beckett’s play
Not telling which play, look up
Do your homework, my God you guys are lazy
See how God has made his appearance again
But I digress, and upon hearing My God
The male of the couple behind me
Asked, “What happened Sir?”
By the time I look up
I find the girl/woman (his girlfriend or wife?)
Ahead of him by a few meters
He has lagged behind
Does that happen these days
The women outpacing we men
Anyway, I digress again,
So I point to the banana peel
And shrug and say,
“Can’t even sue anyone”
He gives a chuckle
Perhaps wondering
Suing? What’s going on?
And I add, maybe there’s a CC TV camera
He says unnecessarily, “Evidence”
And wanting to have the last word
I say, ‘Yeah, the smokin’ gun”,
And walk back to my apartment
“Shaken and stirred” (sorry, Bond). -
The Uncertainty Of It All, Heisenberg You Were Right
As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Urdu Gulli
(I know friends are already suspecting
Since I was in 9th class
That I steal lines or wholesale,
So let me confess those two lines
Are mods of WH Auden’s poem
Not telling which poem
Do some homework).Returning from Minerva Coffee Shop
After Hot and Sour Soup
And Grilled Cheese Sandwich
With a few chips as garnishment
Waiters nowadays have become very caring
He asked me if I wanted more helping of chips
I smiled and pointed to my belly
He gave a hearty chuckle
This young guy who is in far better health
Of the body, not finances,
I ask him to get the bill,
And then maître d’hôtel walks up to me
And asks “Tea?”
I say why not, and he who sees me
At the coffee shop, alone, often,
I know him better than he does me
He only knows that I take tea in the end
I know how much he earns,
How long he has been working here
How old he is
He is still unmarried, etc.Now you are wondering,
Where is the uncertainty in this all buddy
All too predictable—the cheese sandwich—
You who are not exactly slim,
I start to protest I was once and stop
Realizing I have to justify the title,
Ok, read the last stanza.As I walked out one evening,
#AsIWalkedOutOneEvening #faith #Life #MinervaCoffeeShop #Poem #Poetry #Uncertainty #WHAuden #Writing
Walking back down Urdu Gulli,
I stepped on a banana peel
With a little bit of its pulp inside
I almost fall, and let out
A mild gasp, either Oh My
Or Oh God, must have been Oh God
Because God is very much on my mind
For too long now, in fact so long
I keep remembering Samuel Beckett’s play
Not telling which play, look up
Do your homework, my God you guys are lazy
See how God has made his appearance again
But I digress, and upon hearing My God
The male of the couple behind me
Asked, “What happened Sir?”
By the time I look up
I find the girl/woman (his girlfriend or wife?)
Ahead of him by a few meters
He has lagged behind
Does that happen these days
The women outpacing we men
Anyway, I digress again,
So I point to the banana peel
And shrug and say,
“Can’t even sue anyone”
He gives a chuckle
Perhaps wondering
Suing? What’s going on?
And I add, maybe there’s a CC TV camera
He says unnecessarily, “Evidence”
And wanting to have the last word
I say, ‘Yeah, the smokin’ gun”,
And walk back to my apartment
“Shaken and stirred” (sorry, Bond). -
The Uncertainty Of It All, Heisenberg You Were Right
As I walked out one evening,
Walking down Urdu Gulli
(I know friends are already suspecting
Since I was in 9th class
That I steal lines or wholesale,
So let me confess those two lines
Are mods of WH Auden’s poem
Not telling which poem
Do some homework).Returning from Minerva Coffee Shop
After Hot and Sour Soup
And Grilled Cheese Sandwich
With a few chips as garnishment
Waiters nowadays have become very caring
He asked me if I wanted more helping of chips
I smiled and pointed to my belly
He gave a hearty chuckle
This young guy who is in far better health
Of the body, not finances,
I ask him to get the bill,
And then maître d’hôtel walks up to me
And asks “Tea?”
I say why not, and he who sees me
At the coffee shop, alone, often,
I know him better than he does me
He only knows that I take tea in the end
I know how much he earns,
How long he has been working here
How old he is
He is still unmarried, etc.Now you are wondering,
Where is the uncertainty in this all buddy
All too predictable—the cheese sandwich—
You who are not exactly slim,
I start to protest I was once and stop
Realizing I have to justify the title,
Ok, read the last stanza.As I walked out one evening,
#AsIWalkedOutOneEvening #faith #Life #MinervaCoffeeShop #Poem #Poetry #Uncertainty #WHAuden #Writing
Walking back down Urdu Gulli,
I stepped on a banana peel
With a little bit of its pulp inside
I almost fall, and let out
A mild gasp, either Oh My
Or Oh God, must have been Oh God
Because God is very much on my mind
For too long now, in fact so long
I keep remembering Samuel Beckett’s play
Not telling which play, look up
Do your homework, my God you guys are lazy
See how God has made his appearance again
But I digress, and upon hearing My God
The male of the couple behind me
Asked, “What happened Sir?”
By the time I look up
I find the girl/woman (his girlfriend or wife?)
Ahead of him by a few meters
He has lagged behind
Does that happen these days
The women outpacing we men
Anyway, I digress again,
So I point to the banana peel
And shrug and say,
“Can’t even sue anyone”
He gives a chuckle
Perhaps wondering
Suing? What’s going on?
And I add, maybe there’s a CC TV camera
He says unnecessarily, “Evidence”
And wanting to have the last word
I say, ‘Yeah, the smokin’ gun”,
And walk back to my apartment
“Shaken and stirred” (sorry, Bond). -
An excellent bio piece on the poet, W.H. Auden.
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An excellent bio piece on the poet, W.H. Auden.
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An excellent bio piece on the poet, W.H. Auden.
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An excellent bio piece on the poet, W.H. Auden.
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An excellent bio piece on the poet, W.H. Auden.
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah
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A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
-- W. H. Auden⬆ #Wisdom #Quotes #WHAuden #Education #Professors
⬇ #Photography #Panorama #LakePowell #SlickRock #Canyon #Utah
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Those who will not reason
Perish in the act:
Those who will not act
Perish for that reason.W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
“Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930), Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]More about this quote: wist.info/auden-w-h/26031/
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #whauden #auden #action #danger #deed #hesitation #hesitancy #inaction #indecision #irrationality #paralysis #passive #reason #reflex #thoughtlessness #unreason #whimsy