It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism.
CZESLAW MILOSZA weak human mercy walks in the corridors of hospitals and is like a half-thawed winter.
More Czeslaw Milosz Quotes
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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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Language is the only homeland.
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You see how I try To reach with words What matters most And how I fail.
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The history of my stupidity would fill many volumes.
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Our memory is childish and it saves only what we need.
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Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.
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Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.
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Forget the suffering You caused others. Forget the suffering Others caused you. The waters run and run, Springs sparkle and are done, You walk the earth you are forgetting.
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Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.
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When I curse Fate, it’s not me, but the earth in me.
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I am not my own friend.Time cuts me in two.
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Do you know how it is when one wakes at night suddenly and asks, listening to the pounding heart: what more do you want, insatiable?
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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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Do not feel safe. The poet remembers. You can kill one, but another is born. The words are written down, the deed, the date.
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Irony is the glory of slaves.
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