Czesław Miłosz said this quote

“ Professional Ketman is reasoned thus: since I find myself in circumstances over which I have no control, and since I have but one life and that is fleeting, I should strive to do my best. I am like a crustacean attached to a crag on the bottom of the sea. Over me storms rage and huge ships sail; but my entire effort is concentrated upon clinging to the rock, for otherwise I will be carried off by the waters and perish, leaving no trace behind. ”

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LearningTo believe you are magnificent. And gradually to discover that you are not magnificent. Enough labor for one human life.

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

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You see how I tryTo reach with wordsWhat matters mostAnd how I fail.

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Not soon, as late as the approach of my ninetieth year, I felt a door opening in me and I entered the clarity of early morning. One after another my former lives were departing, like ships, together with their sorrow. And the countries, cities, gardens, the bays of seas assigned to my brush came closer, ready now to be described better than they were before.

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