Those who will not reason
Perish in the act:
Those who will not act
Perish for that reason.
W. H. Auden (1907-1973) Anglo-American poet [Wystan Hugh Auden]
“Shorts,” No. 7 (c. 1930),
Collected Poems, Part 2 “1927-1932” (1976 ed.) [ed. Mendelson]
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