If the infinity of the sea may call out thus, perhaps when a man is growing old, calls come to him, too, from another infinity still darker and more deeply mysterious; and the more he is wearied by life the dearer are those calls to him.
Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.'… - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Tell me,' asked Stas, 'what is a wicked deed?' 'If anyone takes away Kali's cow,' he answered after a brief reflection, 'that then is a wicked deed.'…
- Henryk Sienkiewicz
Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Life deserves laughter, hence people laugh at it.
Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Evidently the merit depends on the result of the work.
On an exhausted field, only weeds grow. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
On an exhausted field, only weeds grow.
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh.
There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
There is within us a moral instinct which forbids us to rejoice at the death of even an enemy.
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
It has been said that Poland is dead, exhausted, enslaved, but here is the proof of her life and triumph.
I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
I know that even the meanest person has still at his disposition high-sounding words wherewith to mask his real character.
But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love. - Henryk Sienkiewicz
But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love.
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