We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come. - Milan Kundera

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We can never know what to want, because, living only one life, we can neither compare it with our previous lives nor perfect it in our lives to come.

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About Milan Kundera

Milan Kundera (1 April 1929 – 11 July 2023) was a Franco-Czech novelist born in Brno, Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic).

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Alternative Names: Kundera
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