Zbigniew Herbert Quotes

Poland, Poet
October 29, 1924 – July, 28, 1998.

Zbigniew Herbert (29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. A member of the Polish resistance movement, Home Army (AK), during World War II, he is one of the best known and the most translated post-war Polish writers.

Also known as Essayist, Writer

No time to grieve for roses when the forests are burning.

Zbigniew Herbert
- Time
- Grief
- Rose
forgive me also that I didn't fight like Lord Byron for the happiness of captive peoples that I watched only risings of the moon and museums

Zbigniew Herbert
- Fighting
- Moon
- Museums

I thank You Lord for creating the world beautiful and various and if this is Your seduction I am seduced for good and past all forgiveness

Zbigniew Herbert
- World
- Good
- Beautiful
The dead have need of fairy tales too.

Zbigniew Herbert
- Needs
- Fairy
- Fairytale
Even if we love someone very much, at times it happens that we forget about it.

Zbigniew Herbert
Be courageous when the mind deceives you Be courageous In the final account only this is important

Zbigniew Herbert
- Important
- Mind
- Finals
And if the City falls and one survives

Zbigniew Herbert
- City
- Fall
- Cities
Study the world's skin before you set out to look for its heart.

Zbigniew Herbert
- World
- Heart
- Study

I turn to history not for lessons but to confront my experience with the experience of others and to win for myself a sense of responsibility for the state of the human conscience.

Zbigniew Herbert
I could write a treatise on the sudden transformation of life into archaeology

Zbigniew Herbert