Quotes by Auden, W. H.

May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to h >>

As a poet there is only one political duty, and that is to defend one' >>

It is... axiomatic that we should all think of ourselves as being more >>

Quotations about Doctors

One of the fundamental reasons why so many doctors become cynical and >>

Life is short, the art long, opportunity fleeting, experiment treacher >>

The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to >>

A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of them unique, cannot be a scientist; he is either, like the surgeon, a craftsman, or, like the physician and the psychologist, an artist. This means that in order to be a good doctor a man must also have a good character, that is to say, whatever weaknesses and foibles he may have, he must love his fellow human beings in the concrete and desire their good before his own.

Auden, W. H.