Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest. — W. H. Auden
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W. H. Auden : English Poet
Born: February 21, 1907
Died: September 29, 1973
Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. Seneca…
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. …
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never…
The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United State…
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a…
War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. Al…
Friendship always benefits; love sometimes injures. Seneca…
A work of art is the unique result of a unique temperament. …
Society can overlook murder, adultery or swindling; it never…
The fear of murder has grown so enormous in the United State…
Dieting is murder on the road. Show me a man who travels and…
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a…
War is organized murder and torture against our brothers. Al…
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have sy…
Being a unique superpower undermines the military intelligen…
The lead car is unique, except for the one behind it which i…
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to…
A human being is a single being. Unique and unrepeatable. Ei…
Longhorns are unique – each and every one of them is a diffe…
The Japanese bureaucracy is unique. It is also very powerful…
I love writing both fiction and memoir. Both have unique cha…
The unique nature about the influenza virus is its great pot…
I don’t think there’s anything unique about human intelligen…
As a unique person, I was bullied badly as a teen. Lady Star…
Always remember that you are absolutely unique. Just like ev…
Now, Richard Pryor was unique. Many misunderstood his humor….
