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WT Sharpe · 11-19-2015, 01:03 PM

Here are three gems from English-born U.S. poet W.H. Auden (1907-1973):

Evil is unspectacular and always human,
And shares our bed and eats at our own table.
— "Herman Melville" (1939).

I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.
— "September 1, 1939" (1939).

Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered.
— The Dyer’s Hand, and Other Essays, Part I (1962).

11-19-2015, 01:03 PM	#2782
WT Sharpe Bah, humbug! Posts: 39,072 Karma: 157049943 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chesapeake, VA, USA Device: Kindle Oasis, iPad Pro, & a Samsung Galaxy S9.	Notable quotes, excerpts, and profound lines. Here are three gems from English-born U.S. poet W.H. Auden (1907-1973): Evil is unspectacular and always human, And shares our bed and eats at our own table. — "Herman Melville" (1939). I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in return. — "September 1, 1939" (1939). Some books are undeservedly forgotten; none are undeservedly remembered. — The Dyer’s Hand, and Other Essays, Part I (1962).