Quotes by : Czesław Miłosz

Professional Ketman is reasoned thus: since I find myself in circumstances over which I have no control,....

Sceptical Ketman is widely disseminated throughout intellectual circles. One argues that humanity does....

In the very essence of poetry there is something indecent; A thing brought forth that we didn't know....

The purpose of poetry is to remind ushow difficult it is to remain just one person,for our house is open,....

The living owe it to those who no longer can speak to tell their story for them.

The bright side of the planet moves toward darknessAnd the cities are falling asleep, each in its hour,And....

In a room wherepeople unanimously maintaina conspiracy of silence,one word of truthsounds like a pistol....

Men will clutch at illusions when they have nothing else to hold to.

It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends

If the world is divided between Fascism and Communism, obviously Fascism must lose since it is the last,....