Auden, W. H.: A bad reader is like a bad translator: he interprets literally when he ought to paraphrase and paraphrases when he ought to interpret literally. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: COMMUNICATION, READING

Auden, W. H.: Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: GENIUSES

Auden, W. H.: I and the public know / What all schoolchildren learn / Those to whom evil is done / Do evil in return. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: ABUSE, EVIL

Auden, W. H.: If we really want to live, we'd better start at once to try. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: SELF-INITIATIVE

Auden, W. H.: Man is a history-making creature who can neither repeat his past nor leave it behind. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: HISTORY

Auden, W. H.: To be happy means to be free, not from pain or fear, but from worry or anxiety. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: ANXIETY, HAPPINESS

Auden, W. H.: We must believe before we can doubt, and doubt before we can deny. (W. H. Auden: English-American poet, 1907-1973) Categories: BELIEFS, DENIAL, DOUBT