Borrow Quote by Wislawa Szymborska

“Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.” quote by Wislawa Szymborska — Download Open image

“Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light.”

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