Stanisław Jerzy Lec Quotes

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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.

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I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure.

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Who created the world? So far only God admits to it.

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How did they get a permit to create the world?

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Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.

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Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.

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Get out of the way of justice. She is blind.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Wounds heal and become scars. But scars grow with us.

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Prolong human life only when you can shorten its miseries.

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It is the high priests that make demands — not the gods they serve.

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The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.

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One has to multiply thoughts to the point where there aren't enough policemen to control them.

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Most of the sighs we hear have been edited.

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All is in the hands of Man. Therefore you should wash them often.

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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals—they always come in handy.

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Every stink that fights the ventilator thinks it is Don Quixote.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Never open the door to those who open them even without your permission.

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Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash.

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The Order of the Garter usually goes to people who already have full wardrobes.

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The window on the world can be covered by a newspaper.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec
Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

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Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.

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Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation.

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He who had dug his own grave
looks attentively
at the gravedigger's work,
but not pedantically:
for this one
digs a grave
not for himself.

Stanisław Jerzy Lec