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W. H. Auden Quotes about History

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History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology.

W. H. Auden
History, Answers, Study

Political history is far too criminal to be a fit subject of study for the young. Children should acquire their heroes and villians from fiction.

W. H. Auden
Children, Hero, History

Man is a history-making creature, who can neither repeat his past, nor leave it behind.

W. H. Auden
Past, Men, History
Dyer's Hand (1963) "D. H. Lawrence"

Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another...

W. H. Auden
People, History, Firsts
"The Dyer's Hand". "The Listener" Magazine, June 30, 1955.

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