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> [“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/)

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