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> [I know from experience that to one who thinks much and feels deeply, it often seems that he has only to put down his thoughts and feelings in order to produce something altogether out of the common; yet as soon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/i-know-from-experience-that-to-one-who-thinks-much-and-feels-deeply/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

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## More by Henryk Sienkiewicz

> [An excessive preponderance of an idealistic mood is harmful to society: it creates daydreaming, political Don Quixotism, hope for heavenly intervention. This is an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/an-excessive-preponderance-of-an-idealistic-mood-is-harmful-to/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [My position is such that there is no necessity for me to enter into competition with struggling humanity. As to expensive and ruinous pleasures,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/my-position-is-such-that-there-is-no-necessity-for-me-to-enter-into/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [The sky is one whole, the water another; and between those two infinities the soul of man is in loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/the-sky-is-one-whole-the-water-another-and-between-those-two/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“He would not now conduct little Nell to the coast; he would not convey her by a steamer to Port Said, would not surrender…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/he-would-not-now-conduct-little-nell-to-the-coast-he-would-not-convey/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [But the French writers always had more originality and independence than others, and that regulator, which elsewhere was religion, long since ceased to exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/but-the-french-writers-always-had-more-originality-and-independence/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [I consider that in dialectics I am the equal of Socrates. As to women, I agree that each has three or four souls, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/i-consider-that-in-dialectics-i-am-the-equal-of-socrates-as-to-women/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“They did not, however, infect the air as the Sudanese sun dried them up like mummies; all had the hue of gray parchment, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/they-did-not-however-infect-the-air-as-the-sudanese-sun-dried-them-up/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“ In genere, femeia nu-si insala barbatul si nu-l tradeaza, daca el singur nu-i acela care sa-i strice sau sa-i calce inima singur in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/in-genere-femeia-nu-si-insala-barbatul-si-nu-l-tradeaza-daca-el/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“Am auzit sau am citit că filoanele de aur au uneori la suprafață un înveliș de cuarț, din care e greu să extragi metalul.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/am-auzit-sau-am-citit-c-filoanele-de-aur-au-uneori-la-suprafa-un/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [The fact is that between the classes there is a vast gulf that precludes all mutual understanding, and makes simultaneous efforts simply impossible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/the-fact-is-that-between-the-classes-there-is-a-vast-gulf-that/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“ground the coursing of flocks run wild.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/ground-the-coursing-of-flocks-run-wild/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [It is an altogether wrong idea that the modern product of civilization is less susceptible to love. I sometimes think it is the other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/it-is-an-altogether-wrong-idea-that-the-modern-product-of/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“without noise of drums or”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/without-noise-of-drums-or/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [On an exhausted field, only weeds grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/on-an-exhausted-field-only-weeds-grow/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

> [“Bright, dreadful flashes of lightning rent the darkness and Kali's reply was drowned by a peal of thunder which shook heaven and the wilderness.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henryk-sienkiewicz/bright-dreadful-flashes-of-lightning-rent-the-darkness-and-kali-s/)

[Henryk Sienkiewicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henryk-sienkiewicz/)

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