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All of us yearn for the highest wisdom, but we have to rely on ourselves in the end.
Czeslaw Milosz
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Czeslaw Milosz
Age: 93 †
Born: 1911
Born: June 30
Died: 2004
Died: August 14
Diplomat
Essayist
Pedagogue
Poet
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University Teacher
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Clarksburg
West Virginia
MiĆosz
Czelaw Milosz
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