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At the entrance, my bare feet on the dirt floor, Here, gusts of heat; at my back, white clouds. I stare and stare. It seems I was called for this: To glorify things just because they are.

~Czeslaw Milosz

Topics: Back Bare Bare Feet Because Clouds Dirt Entrance Feet Floor Glorify Heat Here Just Just Because Seems Stare Things White

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Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.

~Czeslaw Milosz

Topics: Above Acceptance Changes Considered Defect Does Endure Feeling Finds Hard Human Introduced Itself Like Major Material Merely Must Passive Resign Seems

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Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.

~Czeslaw Milosz

Topics: Contempt Even Falsehood Find Follow Grain Grow Itself Lie Logical May More Reality Repose Small Than Those Travelers Tree Truth Weary Who Your

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The voice of passion is better than the voice of reason. The passionless cannot change history.

~Czeslaw Milosz

Topics: Better Cannot Change History Passion Reason Than Voice

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What is poetry which does not save nations or people?

~Czeslaw Milosz

Topics: Does Nations People Poetry Save Which

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It is impossible to communicate to people who have not experienced it the undefinable menace of total rationalism.

~Czeslaw Milosz

Topics: Communicate Experienced Impossible Menace People Rationalism Total Who

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Biography

Nationality: Unknown

Type: Poet

Born: June 30th, 1911

Died: August 14th, 2004

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