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> [forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and museums](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/forgive-me-also-that-i-didn-t-fight-like-lord-byron-for-the-happiness/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

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## More by Zbigniew Herbert

> [“We fall asleep on words / we wake among words”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/we-fall-asleep-on-words-we-wake-among-words/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything. I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/inanimate-objects-are-always-correct-and-cannot-unfortunately-be/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [“Ubrzo sam shvatio da u meni postoje dva Akropolja, dnevni i noćni. Prvi je bio analitičan, s vodičevom glavom. Provera plana, istraživanje strukture celine,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/ubrzo-sam-shvatio-da-u-meni-postoje-dva-akropolja-dnevni-i-no-ni-prvi/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [The dead have need of fairy tales too.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/the-dead-have-need-of-fairy-tales-too/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [“Grčki pejzaž mi se obratio patetičnim glasom mita i tragedije. Bio je to dominantan utisak. Nametljivo prisustvo gole zemlje, veoma izreckanih stenovitih masa, pojačano…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/gr-ki-pejza-mi-se-obratio-pateti-nim-glasom-mita-i-tragedije-bio-je/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [And if the City falls and one survives he shall carry the City within on the roads of exile he shall be the City](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/and-if-the-city-falls-and-one-survives-he-shall-carry-the-city-within/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [“A craftsman must probe to the very bottom of cruelty.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/a-craftsman-must-probe-to-the-very-bottom-of-cruelty/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/be-courageous-when-the-mind-deceives-you-be-courageous-in-the-final/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [“when the Lord built the world he furrowed his brow calculated calculated calculated that is why the world is perfect and uninhabitable instead the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/when-the-lord-built-the-world-he-furrowed-his-brow-calculated/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/i-could-write-a-treatise-on-the-sudden-transformation-of-life-into/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [Even if we love someone very much, at times it happens that we forget about it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/even-if-we-love-someone-very-much-at-times-it-happens-that-we-forget/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [“Sa teme pejzaža pero mi je često klizilo u oblast legendi i istorije. Tu vezu koja postoji između pejzaža Grčke, njene umetnosti i verovanja…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/sa-teme-pejza-a-pero-mi-je-esto-klizilo-u-oblast-legendi-i-istorije/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/study-the-world-s-skin-before-you-set-out-to-look-for-its-heart/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [“Svoje dogodovštine zabavno opisuje engleski crtač Edvard Dodvel. Radio je na Akropolju, koristeći camera obscura - prototip fotografskog aparata koji je davao umanjenu sliku…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/svoje-dogodov-tine-zabavno-opisuje-engleski-crta-edvard-dodvel-radio/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

> [forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zbigniew-herbert/forgive-me-also-that-i-didn-t-fight-like-lord-byron-for-the-happiness/)

[Zbigniew Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zbigniew-herbert/)

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