10 Quotes by Jaroslav Seifert

Neither greed for power nor thirst for gloryare as dizzyas the passions of love

Love is an eternal struggle with the angel.From dawn to night.Without mercy.The opponent is often stronger.But woe to himwho doesn’t realizethat his angel has no wingsand will not bless.

Panno Maria,když už je nutno, abych umřel taky já,nedej bych umřel jako ten pes,dej ať umřu jednoho krásného dne na barikádě revoluces puškou v ruce.

Everything on earth has happened before,nothing is new,but woe to the loverswho fail to discover a fresh blossomin every future kiss.

And what do the poets have to say about it?— They only lie!

Love is something hugeYou’ll find out thatEven if there were revolution in the whole wide worldStill somewhere on green grassLovers would have time to hold handsAnd lean their heads towards one another.

My sinful Magdalene, don’t cry:Romantic love has spent its fires.

Můj Bože, co ědí ti lidé v ložích,ta spala s tímhle, ten jí dal za to kožich,a jeden herec, kus to darebáka,povinné školou na halšerky láká

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.