Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAThere is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through.
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At the very beginning of my creative life I loved humanity. I wanted to do something good for mankind. Soon I understood that it isn’t possible to save mankind.
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Existentialists are monumentally and monotonously serious; they don’t like to joke.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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I’m old-fashioned and think that reading books is the most glorious pastime that humankind has yet devised.
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Somewhere out there the world must have an end.
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice.
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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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