The true enemy of man is generalization.
CZESLAW MILOSZGrow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.
More Czeslaw Milosz Quotes
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It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism.
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Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those who lived before him. At the same time, though, he feels that those old means of expression are not adequate to his own experience.
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All was taken away from you: white dresses, wings, even existence.
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And now I am ready to keep running When the sun rises beyond the borderlands of death. I already see mountain ridges in the heavenly forest Where, beyond every essence, a new essence awaits.
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It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends.
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Yet falling in love is not the same as being able to love.
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We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.
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Language is the only homeland.
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A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death.
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The death of a man is like the fall of a mighty nation That had valiant armies, captains, and prophets, And wealthy ports and ships all over the seas.
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Irony is the glory of slaves.
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Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.
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What is poetry which does not save nations or people?
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In a room where people unanimously maintain a conspiracy of silence, one word of truth sounds like a pistol shot.
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The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are no keys in the doors, and invisible guests come in and out at will.
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