--- title: "1 Mountains Comes Quotes By Czesław Miłosz" description: "1 Mountains Comes quotes by Czesław Miłosz. Plus more from Czesław Miłosz and more Mountains Comes sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/czes-aw-mi-osz-21559_life_when-after-a-long-life-it-falls-out-that_31912.jpg" --- > [“When, after a long life, it falls out That he takes on a form he had sought And every word carved in stone Grows its hoarfrost, what then? Torches Of Dionysian choruses in the dark mountains From when he comes.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/when-after-a-long-life-it-falls-out-that-he-takes-on-a-form-he-had/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e26/czes-aw-mi-osz-21559_life_when-after-a-long-life-it-falls-out-that_31912.jpg) ## More by Czesław Miłosz > [“When, after a long life, it falls out That he takes on a form he had sought And every word carved in stone Grows…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/when-after-a-long-life-it-falls-out-that-he-takes-on-a-form-he-had/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“In the people's democracies, the Communists speak of the "New Faith" and compare its growth to that of Christianity in the Roman Empire. There…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/in-the-people-s-democracies-the-communists-speak-of-the-new-faith-and/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“And when people cease to believe that there is good and evil, Only beauty will call to them and save them So that they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/and-when-people-cease-to-believe-that-there-is-good-and-evil-only/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“There was no castle. You were simply listening to a record. A needle, swaying lightly on a black frozen pond, Led the voices of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/there-was-no-castle-you-were-simply-listening-to-a-record-a-needle/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“You say a name, but its not known to anyone. Either because that man died or because He was a celebrity on the banks…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/you-say-a-name-but-its-not-known-to-anyone-either-because-that-man/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“When everything was fine And the notion of sin had vanished And the earth was ready In universal peace To consume and rejoice Without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/when-everything-was-fine-and-the-notion-of-sin-had-vanished-and-the/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“The purpose of poetry is to remind us how difficult it is to remain just one person, for our house is open, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/the-purpose-of-poetry-is-to-remind-us-how-difficult-it-is-to-remain/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“You whom I could not save Listen to me. Try to understand this simple speech as I would be ashamed of another. I swear,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/you-whom-i-could-not-save-listen-to-me-try-to-understand-this-simple/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“A man is lying under machine-gun fire on a street in an embattled city. He looks at the pavement and sees a very amusing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/a-man-is-lying-under-machine-gun-fire-on-a-street-in-an-embattled/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“I still think too much about the mothers And ask what is man born of woman. He curls himself up and protects his head…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/i-still-think-too-much-about-the-mothers-and-ask-what-is-man-born-of/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“Of all things broken and lost, porcelain troubles me most.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/of-all-things-broken-and-lost-porcelain-troubles-me-most/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“You who wronged a simple man Bursting into laughter at the crime, And kept a pack of fools around you To mix good and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czes-aw-mi-osz/you-who-wronged-a-simple-man-bursting-into-laughter-at-the-crime-and/) [Czesław Miłosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czes-aw-mi-osz/) > [“Ja sam jestem chłopcem leniwym, dość prymitywnym i bardzo mało mam tego, co się nazywa inteligencją. 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