Quotes by Auden, W. H.

A doctor, like anyone else who has to deal with human beings, each of >>

I cannot accept the doctrine that in poetry there is a suspension of b >>

You know there are no secrets in America. It's quite different in Engl >>

Quotations about Slavery

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape >>

If you are living out of a sense of obligation you are slave. >>

Slavery is founded on the selfishness of man's nature -- opposition to >>

Slavery is so intolerable a condition that the slave can hardly escape deluding himself into thinking that he is choosing to obey his master's commands when, in fact, he is obliged to. Most slaves of habit suffer from this delusion and so do some writers, enslaved by an all too personal style.

Auden, W. H.