Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.
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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
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Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
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The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
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You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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People find life entirely too time-consuming.
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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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Many who had been ahead of their time, had to wait for her in very uncomfortable quarters.
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To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?
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Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
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Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip.
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Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.
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He who limps is still walking.
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There are parodies of non-existent things.
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Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.
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Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.
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On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss
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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.
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A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.