.
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Khaled and Fahed, Damascus, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015 ![Khaled and Fahed Damascus, Szíria #horgos #serbia #series #portrait #[NEUS]. #balintporneczi]( "Khaled and Fahed Damascus, Szíria #horgos #serbia #series #portrait #[NEUS]. #balintporneczi")
Khaled and Fahed, Damascus, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Aziz, retired, Kandahar, Afghanistan: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Zeineb, nine months pregnant, Al-Quamishli, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Zeineb, nine months pregnant, Al-Quamishli, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Mohamed, Daraa, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Helin, Hafrin, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015 ![Helin Hafrin, Szíria #röszke #hungary #series #portrait #[NEUS]. #balintporneczi]( "Helin Hafrin, Syria Röszke #hungary #series #portrait # # [NEUS]. #balintporneczi")
Helin, Hafrin, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Holum, teacher, Sam, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
![Holut, óvónéni gyermekeivel, Sam, Szíria #röszke #hungary #series #portrait #[NEUS]. #balintporneczi]( "Holum, teacher's children, Sam, Syria Röszke #hungary #series #portrait # # [NEUS]. #balintporneczi")
Holum, teacher, Sam, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Buthena, housewife, Odell Tam, Damascus, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
Wislawa Szymborska: A Word on Statistics
Out of every hundred people,
those who always know better:
fifty-two.
Unsure of every step:
almost all the rest.
Ready to help,
if it doesn't take long:
forty-nine.
Always good,
because they cannot be otherwise:
four -- well, maybe five.
Able to admire without envy:
eighteen.
Led to error
by youth (which passes):
sixty, plus or minus.
Those not to be messed with:
four-and-forty.
Living in constant fear
of someone or something:
seventy-seven.
Capable of happiness:
twenty-some-odd at most.
Harmless alone,
turning savage in crowds:
more than half, for sure.
Cruel
when forced by circumstances:
it's better not to know,
not even approximately.
Wise in hindsight:
not many more
than wise in foresight.
Getting nothing out of life except things:
thirty
(though I would like to be wrong).
Balled up in pain
and without a flashlight in the dark:
eighty-three, sooner or later.
Those who are just:
quite a few, thirty-five.
But if it takes effort to understand:
three.
Worthy of empathy:
ninety-nine.
Out of every hundred people,
those who always know better:
fifty-two.
Unsure of every step:
almost all the rest.
Ready to help,
if it doesn't take long:
forty-nine.
Always good,
because they cannot be otherwise:
four -- well, maybe five.
Able to admire without envy:
eighteen.
Led to error
by youth (which passes):
sixty, plus or minus.
Those not to be messed with:
four-and-forty.
Living in constant fear
of someone or something:
seventy-seven.
Capable of happiness:
twenty-some-odd at most.
Harmless alone,
turning savage in crowds:
more than half, for sure.
Cruel
when forced by circumstances:
it's better not to know,
not even approximately.
Wise in hindsight:
not many more
than wise in foresight.
Getting nothing out of life except things:
thirty
(though I would like to be wrong).
Balled up in pain
and without a flashlight in the dark:
eighty-three, sooner or later.
Those who are just:
quite a few, thirty-five.
But if it takes effort to understand:
three.
Worthy of empathy:
ninety-nine.
Mortal:
one hundred out of one hundred --
a figure that has never varied yet.
Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012): A Word on Statistics, translated from the Polish by Joanna Trzeciak, 1997
one hundred out of one hundred --
a figure that has never varied yet.
Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012): A Word on Statistics, translated from the Polish by Joanna Trzeciak, 1997
Buthena, housewife, Odell Tam, Damascus, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Khaled and Fahed, Damascus, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
Khaled and Fahed, Damascus, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Zeineb, nine months pregnant, Al-Quamishli, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
Zeineb, nine months pregnant, Al-Quamishli, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Helin, Hafrin, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
Helin, Hafrin, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Holum, teacher, Sam, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
Holum, teacher, Sam, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Omar, Deir ez Zor, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Amer, book editor, Beit Sahm, Syria: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Francis, retired hairdresser: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Klara, humanitarian, Cologne, Germany: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Vivien, ambassador of the "flame of peace": photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Nicolas, cameraman: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Rózsika, retired textile mill administrator from Szeged, with pet dog Picur: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
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Arpad, colonel of the border guard at Röszke: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015
Arpad, colonel of the border guard at Röszke: photo by Bálint Pörneczi via mno, 21 September 2015