God was finally going to believe in a man both good and strong, but good and strong are still two different men.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKALoveless work, boring work, work valued only because others haven’t got even that much, however loveless and boring – this is one of the harshest human miseries.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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What does the world get from two people/who exist in a world of their own?
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No one in my family has ever died of love. What happened, happened, but nothing myth-inspiring.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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Even boredom should be described with gusto. How many things are happening on a day when nothing happens?
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We’re extremely fortunate not to know precisely the kind of world we live in. One would have to live a long, long time, unquestionably longer than the world itself.
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And whatever I do will become forever what I’ve done.
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No day copies yesterday, no two nights will teach what bliss is in precisely the same way, with precisely the same kisses.
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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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Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind.
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Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die.
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Even the worst book can give us something to think about.
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I’m fighting against the bad poet who is prone to using too many words.
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When I pronounce the word Future, the first syllable already belongs to the past. When I pronounce the word Silence, I destroy it.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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There is so much Everything that Nothing is hidden quite nicely.
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