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W. H. Auden Quotes:

Ocupation: Poet

Life: February 21, 1907 - September 29, 1973

Birthday: February 21

Death: September 29

That the speech of self-disclosure should be translatable seems to me very odd, but I am convinced that it is. The conclusion that I draw is that the only quality which all human being without exception possess is uniqueness: any characteristic, on the other hand, which one individual can be recognized as having in common with another, like red hair or the English language, implies the existence of other individual qualities which this classification excludes.

- W. H. Auden

topic: Hair, Self, Hands, Self Disclosure

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