"The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age."
― W. H. Auden
Topic(s):
Age
More From W. H. Auden
- "When I find myself in the company of scientists, I feel like a shabby curate who has strayed by mistake into a room full of dukes."
- "History is, strictly speaking, the study of questions; the study of answers belongs to anthropology and sociology."
- "May it not be that, just as we have to have faith in Him, God has to have faith in us and, considering the history of the human race so far, may it not be that “faith” is even more difficult for Him than it is for us?"
More In Age
- "I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun."― George W. Bush
- "Living in an age of advertisement, we are perpetually disillusioned. The perfect life is spread before us every day, but it changes and withers at a touch."― J. B. Priestley
- "I’ve never been more in love with anyone nearly half my age than I am today. I’d get married in a minute if I weren’t still married to somebody else."― Rod Stewart