Stanislaw Jerzy Lec was a Polish poet, aphorist, and satirist. He is best known for his humorous and philosophical aphorisms, which he wrote in a style that was both poetic and paradoxical. He was an influential figure in the post-World War II intellectual life of Poland and throughout the world. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec on life, stalin, love.
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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?
Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.
Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.
If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?
The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious.
The exit is usually where the entrance was.
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Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.
The first requisite for immortality is death.
A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.
When no wind blows, even the weathervane has character.
Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.
I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.
When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?
If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.
A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small.
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes About Life
People find life entirely too time-consuming. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
A fat person lives shorter but eats longer. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Value your words. Each one may be the last. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Famous Quotes And Sayings
Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Who ever asked theses and antitheses if they want to become syntheses? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Where a harsh law rules, people yearn for lawlessness. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
At the beginning there was the Word; at the end just the Cliche. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Witches admitted their relations with the devil. Our blood boils - how could they be forced to admit this when there is no devil. But reason tells us this is not true. The devil does exist and was in fact the inquisitor. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Each juggler should be trained in the ignorance of the laws of physics. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Does a little fish, swimming though the net's eye, suffer from inferiority complex? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Legends are often destroyed by those in need of its stuff. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Never lie when the truth is more profitable. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Politics: a Trojan horse race. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
If you are not a psychiatrist, stay away from idiots. They are too stupid to pay a layman for his company. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Powerless rage can work miracles. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Many who had been ahead of their time, had to wait for her in very uncomfortable quarters. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
How many prison years in the years since Christ! — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Be yourself. A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
It's the priests who have demands, not the gods. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
To god what is God's, to Caesar what is Caesar's. To humans - what? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Even Einstein had to rely for his time on his clock. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
We looked into each other's eyes. I saw myself, she saw herself. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
There were grammatical errors even in his silence. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Some people drop their wings in order to grow a hump — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Do not make gods in your own images. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Most of the sighs we hear have been edited. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
You cannot play the Song of Freedom on an instrument of oppression. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
There are parodies of non-existent things. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Many who tried to enlighten were hanged from the lamppost. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Never saw the branch you are sittin on, unless they are trying to hang you from it. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul up, His body filled this hole up — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
It isn't easy to live after death. It takes a lifetime. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
I has a dream about reality. It was such a relief to wake up. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
He who limps is still walking. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's; and unto human beings, what? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The spirit of the times can haunt even the atheists. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
In a war of ideas it is people who get killed. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
"Oh to be old again," said a young corpse. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
All Gods were immortal. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
The first condition of immortality is death. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Pity that the only way to paradise is in a hearse. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
An error becomes an error when born as truth. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Illiterates have to dictate. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
When gossip gets old it becomes a myth. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Do I have no soul as punishment for not believing in the soul? — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels. — Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Life Lessons by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec's work emphasizes the importance of maintaining a sense of humor and perspective in life, even in the face of difficult circumstances.
His work also encourages readers to think critically and to question the status quo.
Finally, Lec's work emphasizes the power of words and how they can be used to create meaningful change in the world.
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