W. H. Auden Quotes
Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.
Auden, W. H. The Dyer's Hand and Other Essays. Random House, 1962, p. 14.
The quotation was made in the context of the Arab Israeli conflict, but the principle is general.
Wystan Hugh Auden was an Anglo-American poet. Auden's poetry was noted for its stylistic and technical achievement, its engagement with politics, morals, love, and religion, and its variety in tone, form, and content. Some of his best known poems are about love, such as "Funeral Blues"; on political and social themes, such as "September 1, 1939" and "The Shield of Achilles"; on cultural and psychological themes, such as The Age of Anxiety; and on religious themes such as "For the Time Being" and "Horae Canonicae".