W. H. Auden Quote

Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.


"As It Seemed to Us", p. 498 - Forewords and Afterwords (1973)


Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.

Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.

Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.

Genealogies are admirable things, provided they do not encourage the curious delusion that some families are older than others.