Juliusz Słowacki — a remark

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“Now I wake each morning inwardly cheerful, and remain so for the whole day, ready to bathe everyone who approaches in the light of my spirit and fill them with joy until they fall into harmony with me.”

Original: Teraz ja budzę się co rano i wraz rozweselony jestem wnętrznie i już na cały dzień taki zostaję, gotów każdego, co się przybliży, oblać jasnością ducha i rozradować go, aż się do harmonii ze mną ułoży. — A striking expression of spiritual joy as something that can be shared with others. · Letter to his mother, 16 April 1844 (Polish)

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Juliusz Słowacki

4 September 1809–3 April 1849

Juliusz Słowacki was born on 4 September 1809 in Krzemieniec, in Volhynia, a town then located within the Russian Empire and now known as Kremenets in Ukraine. He died in Paris on 3 April 1849, not yet forty years old, but by then he had produced a body of poetry and drama of extraordinary range, daring, and…

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“The happiness of this earthly life is only a secondary thing, as all those know who have pursued happiness and found its fruit bitter.”

Original: Lecz to szczęście ziemskie jest tylko podrzędną rzeczą i wiedzą o tem wszyscy, którzy tylko za szczęściem gonili, i którym ten owoc w ustach zgorzkniał. — He places worldly happiness below the deeper spiritual purposes that increasingly governed his life. · Letter to his mother, 18 March 1843 (Polish)

“I had several events this month that flattered my pride, so I experienced several moments of happiness. Admit that it is a wretched life that finds happiness in such things.”

Original: Miałem w tym miesiącu kilka zdarzeń pochlebiających mojej dumie, więc doznałem kilka chwil szczęścia, wyznajcie, że nędzne to życie, co w tym szczęścia szuka! — He recognises the emptiness of confusing wounded pride with genuine happiness. · Letter to his mother, December 1832 (Polish)

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