Giorgos Seferis Quotes

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

Great, Strong, Pride

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

Life, Made, Reading

For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men.
Giorgos Seferis

Men, Poetry, Heart

How can you dare teach a man to read until you've taught him everything else first?
Giorgos Seferis

Everything, Him, Else

I think the Swedish Academy wished to manifest its solidarity with the living spirit of Greece today.
Giorgos Seferis

Today, Living, Spirit

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Biography

Nationality: Greek

Type: Poet

Born: March 13, 1900

Died: September 20, 1971

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