In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAGod was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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I don’t know the role I’m playing. I only know it’s mine, non-convertible.
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I prefer the hell of chaos to the hell of order.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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I’m drowning in papers.
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When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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They say the first love’s most important. That’s very romantic, but not my experience.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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