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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.

W. H. Auden
Inspirational, Funny, Helping Others
W H Auden (1981). “Antæus”, Ecco Press

No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.

W. H. Auden
Funny, Music, People
Quoted in Time, 29 Dec 1961.

Of course, Behaviourism 'works'. So does torture. Give me a no-nonsense, down-to-earth behaviourist, a few drugs, and simple electrical appliances, and in six months I will have him reciting the Athanasian Creed in public.

W. H. Auden
Funny, Science, Simple
A CertainWorld "Behaviorism" (1970)

The only way to spend New Year's Eve is either quietly with friends or in a brothel. Otherwise when the evening ends and people pair off, someone is bound to be left in tears.

W. H. Auden
Funny, New Year, Holiday
"Happy New Year" by Ligaya Mishan, www.newyorker.com. December 29, 200.

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