Juliusz Słowacki — a remark

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“I have many acquaintances now, but not a single pleasant one, not one with whom it would be agreeable to live.”

Original: Wiele mam teraz znajomych, ale żadnego miłego, żadnego, z którym by mi było żyć przyjemnie. — He distinguishes between having company and finding genuine companionship. · Letter to his mother, December 1831 (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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“I have worked for these five years as perhaps no man has worked before. The fruits of this work are not in books, but in living hearts and spirits.”

Original: Przez te lat pięć pracowałem tak, jak może jeszcze żaden człowiek nie pracował. Skutki tej pracy nie w księgach są, ale w żywych sercach i duchach, w które je wrzuciłem i posiałem. — He measures creative achievement by its effect on people rather than by books or reputation. · Letter to Wojciech Stattler, 25 December 1848 (Polish)

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