They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one’s behind me, anyway.
WISLAWA SZYMBORSKAGenerally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.
More Wislawa Szymborska Quotes
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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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Out of every hundred people, those who always know better: fifty-two.
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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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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.
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All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look.
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After every war someone has to tidy up.
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Whatever inspiration is, it’s born from a continuous “I don’t know.
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Nothing’s a gift, it’s all on loan.
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I started earning a living as a poet rather early on.
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I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again.
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I am who I am. A coincidence no less unthinkable than any other.
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All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
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Dying – you can’t do that to a cat.
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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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Even a graphomaniac is an extremely complicated person.
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