“All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.”

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Polish, poet, diplomat, prosaist, writer, and translator 1911–2004

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“All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.”

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