Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
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The first condition of immortality is death.
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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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Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination.
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Do I have no soul as punishment for not believing in the soul?
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Do I believe? God only knows.
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All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.
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Most of the sighs we hear have been edited.
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A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small.
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The first requisite for immortality is death.
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Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.
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Pity that the only way to paradise is in a hearse.
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Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?
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It isn't easy to live after death. It takes a lifetime.
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The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.
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Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
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When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.
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Do not make gods in your own images.
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Be yourself. A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man.
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Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.
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Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul up, His body filled this hole up
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I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
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Perfect imitations must share the fate of the originals.
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Never lie when the truth is more profitable.