Be young forever, seasons of the earth.
CZESLAW MILOSZGrow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth.
More Czeslaw Milosz Quotes
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When I curse Fate, it’s not me, but the earth in me.
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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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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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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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The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.
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The revolt against one’s environment is usually ‘shame’ of one’s environment.
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Not that I want to be a god or a hero. Just to change into a tree, grow for ages, not hurt anyone.
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The soul exceeds its circumstances.
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Poetry is news brought to the mountains by a unicorn and an echo.
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I am not my own friend.Time cuts me in two.
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What is poetry which does not save nations or people?
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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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A man should not love the moon. An ax should not lose weight in his hand. His garden should smell of rotting apples, And grow a fair amount of nettles.
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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.
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Two attributes of a poet, avidity of the eye and the desire to describe that which he sees.
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