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Quote by Jerzy Andrzejewski

“Można się na skutek różnych przyczyn wymykać niekiedy swemu wiekowi, lecz, niestety, są to tylko przelotne wycieczki w przeszłość lub przyszłość, drobne, choć niekiedy rozkoszne wagary, z których wnet nas odwołują nieubłagane prawa wieku właściwego.”

Book:Idzie skacząc po górach

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Idzie skacząc po górach

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Jerzy Andrzejewski

Jerzy Andrzejewski was a prominent Polish author known for his novels and plays. His works often delve into social and political issues, enjoying widespread popularity among readers. more

“I suppose the mere fact of being walled in gave the Wood part of its peculiar quality, for when a thing is enclosed the mind does not willingly regard it as common. As I went forward over the quiet turf I had the sense of being received. The trees were just so wide apart that one saw uninterrupted foliage in the distance, but the place where one stood seemed always to be a clearing: surrounded by a world of shadows, one walked in mild sunshine. Except for the sheep whose nibbling kept the grass so short and who sometimes raised their long, foolish faces to stare at me, I was quite alone; and it felt more like the loneliness of a very large room in a deserted house than like any ordinary solitude out of doors. I remember thinking, "This is the sort of place which, as a child, one would have been rather afraid of or else would have liked very much indeed." A moment later I thought, "But when alone--really alone--everyone is a child: or no one?" Youth and age touch only the surface of our lives.”

Age Youth Woods Disconcertment

Book:That Hideous Strength

Source: That Hideous Strength

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.”

Life Art Reality Truth Science Emotion Vision Mysterious Awe Eyes Einstein The Mysterious

Author:Albert Einstein

“While pleasure and pecuniary gain are undoubtedly the objects which have wrought the degradation of this holy festival, the justification offered for this degradation and for many other evils is that it is “good for trade.” It seems to be held by most people that if only money is made to pass from one person to another there must necessarily be a gain to the community. This is, obviously, not true. It is a fallacy that all trade is of necessity a gain. The gain or loss depends altogether on the nature of the transactions. Take, for instance, the slave trade. This occasioned the circulation of much money, and gave employment to a large number of workers. But who would now dare to urge that slavery should be encouraged because it is good for trade?”

Happiness Money Trade

Book:Christmas Cruelties

Source: Christmas Cruelties

“What interests me is to show young people as they really [are], but also as they might be if they were fifty years old or a hundred years old, and the events of the film were taking place in ancient Greece, for things haven't changed all that much.”