Stanisław Jerzy Lec > Quotes

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.”
― Stanislaw J. Lec

“He who limps is still walking.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“The greater the dark, the easier to be a star.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Unkempt Thoughts

“On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.”
― Stanislaw J. Lec

“He had a clear conscience. Never used it.”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec, More Unkempt Thoughts

“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.”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“Even his ignorance is encyclopedic.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“Even the masochists tell everything when tortured. From sheer gratitude.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“When smashing monuments, save the pedestals -- they always come in handy.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Hay smells different to lovers and horses.

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― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret. ”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Oh, to be old again,” said the young corpse.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence. ”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Every stink that fights the ventilator thinks it is Don Quixote.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Their bodies were so close together that there was no room for real affection.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Satirists, be careful. In the 1931 film by Rene Clair “Vive la Liberte” a song says, “Work is freedom.” In 1940 the sign on the gates to Auschwitz said: “Arbeit macht frei.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Do not expect too much of the end of the world.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“We understand everything; that is why we understand nothing. ”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Even the voice of conscience undergoes mutation.”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec, More Unkempt Thoughts

“Ich stimme mit der Mathematik nicht überein. Ich meine, dass die Summe von Nullen eine gefährliche Zahl ist.”
― Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“Sumienie miał czyste. Nieużywane”
― Stanisław Jerzy Lec