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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You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
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Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
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Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's; and unto God the things that are God's; and unto human beings, what?
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People find life entirely too time-consuming.
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There are parodies of non-existent things.
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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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The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
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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 a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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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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Many who had been ahead of their time, had to wait for her in very uncomfortable quarters.
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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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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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To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?
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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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Do I believe? God only knows.