"Everything on earth has happened before, nothing is new, but woe to the lovers who fail to discover a fresh blossom in every future kiss."

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Source : Jaroslav Seifert, Ewald Osers, George Gibian (1998). “The Poetry of Jaroslav Seifert”, p.89, Catbird Press

Jaroslav Seifert

#Kissing Quotes #Earth Quotes #Woe Quotes

“To have a knight planted in your game at K6 is worse than a rusty nail in your knee.”
“There are so many flaws, .. I don't think they can be fixed.”
“Those who have happy homes seldom turn out badly.”
“I was teased if I brought my books home. I would take a paper bag to the library and put the books in the bag and bring them home. Not that I was that concerned about them teasing me - because I would hit them in a heartbeat. But I felt a little ashamed, having books.”
“It is easy to sympathize at a distance,' said an old gentleman with a beard. 'I value more the kind word that is spoken close to my ear.”
“If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your life and make a decent living, I think you still have a responsibility to stretch. Flexibility is what keeps you alive.”
“It is a barren kind of criticism which tells you what a thing is not.”
“What We want is to make it possible for our unfortunate people to live a life of industry for it is by steady work alone that we hope for our physical and moral rehabilitation. For this reason above all we have undertaken to rally our people around our ideal.”

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