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See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.

See without looking, hear without listening, breathe without asking.

W. H. Auden
Philosophical, Listening, Asking
W. H. Auden (2013). “For the Time Being: A Christmas Oratorio”, p.23, Princeton University Press

Yet no one hears his own remarks as prose.

W. H. Auden
Listening, Prose, Remarks

Who on earth invented the silly convention that it is boring or impolite to talk shop? Nothing is more interesting to listen to, especially if the shop is not one's own.

W. H. Auden
Silly, Interesting, Listening

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