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Inanimate objects are always correct and cannot, unfortunately, be reproached with anything.
I have never observed a chair shift from one foot to another, or a bed rear on its hind legs.
And tables, even when they are tired, will not dare to bend their knees.
I suspect that objects do this from pedagogical considerations, to reprove us constantly for our instability.
Zbigniew Herbert
Zbigniew Herbert (29 October 1924 – 28 July 1998) was a Polish poet, essayist, drama writer and moralist. He is one of the best known and the mo
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