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.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKASecret codes resound. Doubts and intentions come to light.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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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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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects.
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I like being near the top of a mountain. One can’t get lost here.
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It’s just not easy to explain to someone else what you don’t understand yourself.
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Whether you want it or not, your genes have a political past, your skin a political tone. your eyes a political color. You walk with political steps on political ground.
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I prefer the absurdity of writing poems to the absurdity of not writing poems.
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It’s a well-known fact: in order to follow doctor’s orders, you have to be healthy as a horse.
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune’s darlings.
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I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet.
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They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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