Quotes by Henryk Sienkiewicz

"But I think happiness springs from another source, a far deeper one that doesn't depend on will because it comes from love."
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"Nevertheless, in this sea of human wretchedness and malice there bloomed at times compassion, as a pale flower blooms in a putrid marsh."
Henryk Sienkiewicz
"It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball."
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Henryk Adam Aleksander Pius Sienkiewicz (US: /ʃɛnˈkjeɪvɪtʃ, -jɛv-/ shen-KYAY-vitch, -⁠KYEV-itch, Polish: [ˈxɛnrɨk ˈadam alɛkˈsandɛr ˈpjus ɕɛnˈkʲɛvit͡ʂ]; 5 May 1846 – 15 November 1916), also known by t...