W.H. Auden's Quote - Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untra

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Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untra

Proper names are poetry in the raw. Like all poetry they are untranslatable. – W.H. Auden

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It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it. – W.H. Auden

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Tigers die and leave their skins; people die and leave their names. – Japanese Proverb

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Words have meaning and names have power. – Author Unknown

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Women have had the power of naming stolen from us. – Mary Daly

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