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Quote by Ralph Washington Sockman

“Love is the outreach of self toward completion.”

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Ralph Washington Sockman was an American writer born on October 1, 1889, and passed away on August 29, 1970. Known for his works on religious and moral themes, his writings were highly appreciated by readers. more

“The Americans are violently oral. That's why in America the mother is all-important and the father has no position at all -- isn't respected in the least. Even the American passion for laxatives can be explained as an oral manifestation. They want to get rid of any unpleasantness taken in through the mouth.”

Want Important America Mother Passion Father Taken Society Position Mouths Manifestation

Author:W. H. Auden

“If the most significant characteristic of man is the complex of biological needs he shares with all members of his species, then the best lives for the writer to observe are those in which the role of natural necessity is clearest, namely, the lives of the very poor.”

Ifs Men Needs Art Book Literature Natural Poor Roles Share Members Species Complexes Significant Characteristics

Author:W. H. Auden

“Rhymes, meters, stanza forms, etc., are like servants. If the master is fair enough to win their affection and firm enough to command their respect, the result is an orderly happy household. If he is too tyrannical, they give notice; if he lacks authority, they become slovenly, impertinent, drunk and dishonest.”

Ifs Giving Art Enough Form Poetry Winning Results Masters Authority Fairs Affection Command Drunk Firm Servant Etc Household Rhyme Meter Orderly

Author:W. H. Auden

“America has always been a country of amateurs where the professional, that is to say, the man who claims authority as a member of an élite which knows the law in some field or other, is an object of distrust and resentment.”

Knows Men Country America Law Fields Objects He Man Members Authority Claims Experts Resentment Distrust Professionalism

Author:W. H. Auden

“There's only one good test of pornography. Get twelve normal men to read the book, and then ask them, ''Did you get an erection?'' If the answer is ''Yes'' from a majority of the twelve, then the book is pornographic.”

Ifs Men Book Asks Answers Normal Tests Majority Twelve Pornography

Author:W. H. Auden

“A man has his distinctive personal scent which his wife, his children and his dog can recognize. A crowd has a generalized stink. The public is odorless.”

Men Children Wife Dog Crowds Smell Scent Distinctive Stink

Author:W. H. Auden

“Dogmatic theological statements are neither logical propositions nor poetic utterances. They are ''shaggy dog'' stories; they have a point, but he who tries too hard to get it will miss it.”

Trying Hard Stories Religion Dog Missing Theology Statements Logical Poetic Propositions Theological Utterance Dogmatic

Author:W. H. Auden

“Pleasure is by no means an infallible critical guide, but it is the least fallible.”

Mean Pleasure Critical Guides Aesthetics Infallible

Author:W. H. Auden

“In a game, just losing is almost as satisfying as just winning... In life the loser's score is always zero.”

Games Winning Losing Score Zero Loser Satisfying

Author:W. H. Auden

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