Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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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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Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.
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You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
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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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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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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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There are parodies of non-existent things.
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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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Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.
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On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss
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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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Each juggler should be trained in the ignorance of the laws of physics.
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A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.
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There were grammatical errors even in his silence.
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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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"Oh to be old again," said a young corpse.
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I has a dream about reality. It was such a relief to wake up.