By the age of nine I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began to write poems in honour of a lady of thirty years. Naturally, she knew nothing about them.
A free peasant means free Poland, for he is the foundation of her greatness and independence. - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
A free peasant means free Poland, for he is the foundation of her greatness and independence.
- Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
An irresistible fascination with terrifying death killed me ahead of time. - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
An irresistible fascination with terrifying death killed me ahead of time.
Being twenty years old, I naturally had a wild imagination and a tender heart. - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Being twenty years old, I naturally had a wild imagination and a tender heart.
Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give our necks does not fear the light, an… - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Our duty is to rise in the bright daylight, openly, beating the drums. The cause for which we are ready to give our necks does not fear the light, an…
By the age of nine I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began t… - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
By the age of nine I had a thorough knowledge of contemporary Polish literature as well as of foreign literature in Polish translation, and I began t…
It is only our exactions of life that are terrible. It is only our impossible conceptions of beauty and good and justice that are terrible--because t… - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
It is only our exactions of life that are terrible. It is only our impossible conceptions of beauty and good and justice that are terrible--because t…
I was intoxicated by the romantic poetry of our great writers. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through the poems I ha… - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
I was intoxicated by the romantic poetry of our great writers. I arranged the world according to my private use, looking at it through the poems I ha…
Everything must go its own way. One has to plow in order to sow, one has to sow in order to harvest, and what is disturbing has to be weeded out, lik… - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Everything must go its own way. One has to plow in order to sow, one has to sow in order to harvest, and what is disturbing has to be weeded out, lik…
Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant, even if you w… - Wladyslaw Stanislaw Reymont
Every lord's mansion stands on the foundation of your bones, soldier, every field has been saturated with your sweat, and you, peasant, even if you w…
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