"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on……" — Wislawa Szymborska
"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings."
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63 Quotes by Wislawa Szymborska
Wislawa Szymborska has 63 quotes on this site.
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Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand.
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Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the…
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Whatever inspiration is, it's born from a continuous "I don't know.
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Poorly prepared for the dignity of life, I barely keep up with the pace of the action imposed. Reality demands.
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All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination.
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Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice?
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Such certainty is beautiful, but uncertainty is more beautiful still
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There's simply too much fuss about myself,
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Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is…
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Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not…
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Everyone needs solitude, especially a person who is used to thinking about what she experiences. Solitude is very important in…
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In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed.
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Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face,…
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Treat your kid like a darling for the first five years. For the next five years, scold them. By the…
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Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May.
— William Shakespeare
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The falling leaves drift by the window The autumn leaves of red and gold.... I see your lips, the summer…
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And the Devil did grin, for his darling sin is pride that apes humility.
— Samuel Taylor Coleridge
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We do right enough darling, if we go wrong together.
— George Santayana
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There is some kiss we want with your whole lives, the touch of spirit on the body. Seawater begs the…
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Really, darling, it's a no-brainer. You know, I understand not everybody is for gay marriage. But if you're not for…
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Soon the sun beams will smile through. Before you jump out of that bed, just know, the thought of you…
— Judy Garland
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I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest…
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