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A Word on Statistics by the late Wislawa Szymborska, my favorite poet. #Poetry #Szymborska #Poland #Literature #NobelPrize

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/149909/a-word-on-statistics

A Word on Statistics (trs. by Joanna Trzeciak)

Out of every hundred people those who always know better: fifty-two. Cruel when forced by circumstances: it's better not to know, not even approximately.…

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