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Giorgos Seferis
Greek
Poet
About the author
Don't ask who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.
Giorgos Seferis,
Greek
Poet
#Life
#Reading
Every man of action has a strong dose of egoism, pride, hardness, and cunning. But all those things will be regarded as high qualities if he can make them the means to achieve great ends.
Giorgos Seferis,
Greek
Poet
#Action
#Will
#Man
#Pride
#Cunning
For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.
Giorgos Seferis,
Greek
Poet
#Heart
#Men
#Poetry
#Countries
How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?
Giorgos Seferis,
Greek
Poet
#Man
#First
I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.
Giorgos Seferis,
Greek
Poet
#Today
#Spirit
#Living
#Greece
#Solidarity