Facts about Wislawa Szymborska

Occup.Poet
FromPoland
BornJuly 2, 1923
Age100 years

Summary

Wislawa Szymborska is a famous Poet from Poland, he/she is 100 years old and still alive, born July 2, 1923.

Zodiac:
He/she is born under the zodiac cancer, who is known for Emotion, Diplomatic, Intensity, Impulsive, Selective. Our collection contains 28 quotes who is written / told by Wislawa.

Related authors: Stanislaw Lec (Poet)

28 Famous quotes by Wislawa Szymborska

Small: You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects
"You can find the entire cosmos lurking in its least remarkable objects"
Small: Even the worst book can give us something to think about
"Even the worst book can give us something to think about"
Small: Any knowledge that doesnt lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature
"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out: it fails to maintain the temperature required for sustaining life"
Small: Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set
"Poets yearn, of course, to be published, read, and understood, but they do little, if anything, to set themselves above the common herd and the daily grind"
Small: Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice
"Is a decision made in advance really any kind of choice"
Small: Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me
"Get to know other worlds, if only for comparison. I am near, too near for him to dream of me"
Small: All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses
"All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses"
Small: Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortunes
"Though I may deny poets their monopoly on inspiration, I still place them in a select group of Fortune's darlings"
Small: This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile
"This terrifying world is not devoid of charms, of the mornings that make waking up worthwhile"
Small: Somewhere out there the world must have an end
"Somewhere out there the world must have an end"
Small: Its just not easy to explain to someone else what you dont understand yourself
"It's just not easy to explain to someone else what you don't understand yourself"
Small: In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed
"In every tragedy, an element of comedy is preserved. Comedy is just tragedy reversed"
Small: Im drowning in papers
"I'm drowning in papers"
Small: I started earning a living as a poet rather early on
"I started earning a living as a poet rather early on"
Small: Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand
"Life lasts but a few scratches of the claw in the sand"
Small: I slide my arm from under the sleepers head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each,
"I slide my arm from under the sleeper's head and it is numb, full of swarming pins, on the tip of each, waiting to be counted, the fallen angels sit"
Small: I like being near the top of a mountain. One cant get lost here
"I like being near the top of a mountain. One can't get lost here"
Small: I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are push
"I have sympathy for young people, for their growing pains, but I balk when these growing pains are pushed into the foreground, when you make these young people the only vehicles of life's wisdom"
Small: All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look
"All is mine but nothing owned, nothing owned for memory, and mine only while I look"
Small: Poetic talent doesnt operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry
"Poetic talent doesn't operate in a vacuum. There is a spirit of Polish poetry"
Small: Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and lea
"Nothing can ever happen twice. In consequence, the sorry fact is that we arrive here improvised and leave without the chance to practice"
Small: Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through
"Every beginning is only a sequel, after all, and the book of events is always open halfway through"
Small: All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagi
"All the best have something in common, a regard for reality, an agreement to its primacy over the imagination"
Small: Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy
"Keep up the good work, if only for a while, if only for the twinkling of a tiny galaxy"
Small: I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over ag
"I cannot speak for more than an hour exclusively about poetry. At that point, life itself takes over again"
Small: After every war someone has to tidy up
"After every war someone has to tidy up"
Small: Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light
"Take it not amiss, O speech, that I borrow weighty words, and later try hard to make them seem light"
Small: Let the people who never find true love keep saying that theres no such thing. Their faith will make it
"Let the people who never find true love keep saying that there's no such thing. Their faith will make it easier for them to live and die"