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Why does Słowacki arouse admiration and love in us? (…) Because, gentlemen, Słowacki was a great poet!

— Witold Gombrowicz Ferdydurke (1937)

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It's the end, what a gas,
And who's read it is an ass!

Ferdydurke (1937)

Without students, there would be no school, and without school, there would be no life!

Ferdydurke (1937)

I have never needed God in my life - from my earliest childhood, not even for five minutes - I have always been self-sufficient.

Diary (1969)

You don't necessarily have to be a god to have followers.

Diary (1969)

Monday - me, Tuesday - me, Wednesday - me, Thursday - me.

Diary (1969)

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Not for the body, but for the heart; companion and company are needed.

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Love seldom haunts the breast where learning lies,
And Venus sets ere Mercury can rise.

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