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So long as we think of it objectively, time is Fate or Chance, the factor in our lives for which we are not responsible, and about which we can do nothing; but when we begin to think of it subjectively, we feel responsible for our time, and the notion of punctuality arises.W.h. Auden
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The most exciting rhythms seem unexpected and complex, the most beautiful melodies simple and inevitable.W.h. Auden
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Laziness acknowledges the relation of the present to the past but ignores its relation to the future; impatience acknowledge its relation to the future but ignores its relation to the past; neither the lazy nor the impatient man, that is, accepts the present instant in its full reality and so cannot love his neighbour completely.W.h. Auden
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Drama is based on the Mistake.W.h. Auden