Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Like Sleep

W. H. Auden via Poor William's Almanack
"Sincerity is like sleep. Normally, one should assume that, of course, one will be sincere, and not give the question a second thought. Most writers, however, suffer occasionally from bouts of insincerity as men do from bouts of insomnia. The remedy in both cases is quite simple: in the case of the latter, to change one's diet, in the case of the former, to change one's company."

February 21, 1907- September 29, 1973



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