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
And if the City falls and one survives

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

Zbigniew Herbert
- Important
- Mind
- Finals
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