What is this enigmatic impulse that does not allow one to settle down in the achieved, the finished? I think it is a quest for reality.
CZESLAW MILOSZIt was only toward the middle of the twentieth century that the inhabitants of many European countries came, in general unpleasantly, to the realization that their fate could be influenced directly by intricate and abstruse books of philosophy.
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The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.
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Be young forever, seasons of the earth.
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On the day the world ends A bee circles a clover, A fisherman mends a glimmering net.
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It’s true that what is morbid is highly valued today, and so you may think that I am only joking or that I’ve devised just one more means of praising Art with the help of irony.
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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 true enemy of man is generalization.
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If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?
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The revolt against one’s environment is usually ‘shame’ of one’s environment.
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Only a white-haired old man, who would be a prophet Yet is not a prophet, for he’s much too busy, Repeats while he binds his tomatoes: No other end of the world will there be, No other end of the world will there be.
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Learning To believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.
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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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I’ve always regretted that I’m made of contradictions. But, if contradiction is impossible to overcome, we have to accept both its ends.
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Language is the only homeland.
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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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The purpose of poetry is to remind us / how difficult it is to remain just one person.
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