Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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How many prison years in the years since Christ!
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The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
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Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
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Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.
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Illiterates have to dictate.
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Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks.
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Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.
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A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.
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An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.
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Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.
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An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.
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Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand.
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Powerless rage can work miracles.
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Some people drop their wings in order to grow a hump
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If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.
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To god what is God's, to Caesar what is Caesar's. To humans - what?
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You cannot play the Song of Freedom on an instrument of oppression.
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The first condition of immortality is death.
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The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers
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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
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What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists.
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Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only.
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Do I have no soul as punishment for not believing in the soul?
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Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.