Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal
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People find life entirely too time-consuming.
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When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
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You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
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Do I believe? God only knows.
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The exit is usually where the entrance was.
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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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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
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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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Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
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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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Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip.
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The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
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Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.
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He who limps is still walking.
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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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A fat person lives shorter but eats longer.
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To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?
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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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An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.
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"Oh to be old again," said a young corpse.
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On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss