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> [There was a time when only wise books were read helping us to bear our pain and misery. This, after all, is not quite the same as leafing through a thousand works fresh from psychiatric clinics. And yet the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/there-was-a-time-when-only-wise-books-were-read-helping-us-to-bear/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

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## More by Czeslaw Milosz

> [The child who dwells inside us trusts that there are wise men somewhere who know the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/the-child-who-dwells-inside-us-trusts-that-there-are-wise-men/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [We have become indifferent to content, and react, not even to form, but to technique, to technical efficiency itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/we-have-become-indifferent-to-content-and-react-not-even-to-form-but/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [“And Yet the Books And yet the books will be there on the shelves, separate beings, That appeared once, still wet As shining chestnuts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/and-yet-the-books-and-yet-the-books-will-be-there-on-the-shelves/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [“When someone is honestly 55 percent right, that’s very good and there’s no use wrangling. And if someone is 60 percent right, it’s wonderful,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/when-someone-is-honestly-55-percent-right-that-s-very-good-and-there/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [“The worst possible sexual education: a taboo imposed by the Catholic church plus romantic literature elevating love to unreal heights plus the obscene language…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/the-worst-possible-sexual-education-a-taboo-imposed-by-the-catholic/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [And if there is no lining to the world? If a thrush on a branch is not a sign, But just a thrush on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/and-if-there-is-no-lining-to-the-world-if-a-thrush-on-a-branch-is-not/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [At every sunrise I renounce the doubts of night and greet the new day of a most precious delusion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/at-every-sunrise-i-renounce-the-doubts-of-night-and-greet-the-new-day/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [The soul exceeds its circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/the-soul-exceeds-its-circumstances/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [I imagine the earth when I am no more: Women's dresses, dewy lilacs, a song in the valley. Yet the books will be there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/i-imagine-the-earth-when-i-am-no-more-women-s-dresses-dewy-lilacs-a/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [There was a time when only wise books were read helping us to bear our pain and misery. This, after all, is not quite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/there-was-a-time-when-only-wise-books-were-read-helping-us-to-bear/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [If I am all mankind, are they themselves without me?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/if-i-am-all-mankind-are-they-themselves-without-me/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [“In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know we had in us, So we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/in-the-very-essence-of-poetry-there-is-something-indecent-a-thing/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [Consolation Calm down. Both your sins and your good deeds will be lost in oblivion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/consolation-calm-down-both-your-sins-and-your-good-deeds-will-be-lost/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [I am composed of contradictions, which is why poetry is a better form for me than philosophy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/i-am-composed-of-contradictions-which-is-why-poetry-is-a-better-form/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

> [Every poet depends upon generations who wrote in his native tongue; he inherits styles and forms elaborated by those who lived before him. At…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/czeslaw-milosz/every-poet-depends-upon-generations-who-wrote-in-his-native-tongue-he/)

[Czeslaw Milosz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/czeslaw-milosz/)

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