Quotes by
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec |
1906-1966 , Polish author of maxims
Born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, he was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the more influential aphorists on the 20th century. | 42 quotes | 7,774 visits |
Quotations
| • | The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him 28 |
| • | The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain. 19 |
| • | In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first. 14 |
| • | No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. 14 |
| • | I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward. 13 |
| • | Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize. 13 |
| • | Politics: a race of Trojan horses. 13 |
| • | Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. 13 |
| • | Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you. 11 |
| • | The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper. 11 |
| • | Never lie when the truth is more profitable. 10 |
| • | Only the dead can be resurrected. It’s more difficult with the living. 10 |
| • | People find life entirely too time-consuming. 10 |
| • | Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork? 9 |
| • | Never saw off the branch you are on, unless you are being hanged from it. 9 |
| • | The first condition of immortality is death. 9 |
| • | Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one. 9 |
| • | Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody. 9 |
| • | When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet. 9 |
| • | He had a clear conscience. Never used it. 8 |
| • | He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current. 8 |
| • | In a war of ideas it is people who get killed. 8 |
| • | I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure. 7 |
| • | I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT. 7 |
| • | Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand. 7 |
| • | You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down. 7 |
| • | When smashing monuments, save the pedestals – they always come in handy. 7 |
| • | Cannibals prefer those who have no spines. 7 |
| • | Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood. 6 |
| • | All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often. 6 |
| • | Everyone wants your good, take care they could also steal it. 6 |
| • | To torture a man you have to know his pleasures. 6 |
| • | A tired exclamation mark is a question mark. 5 |
| • | An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret. 5 |
| • | A dream will always triumph over reality, once it is given the chance. 5 |
| • | Value your words. Each one may be the last. 5 |
| • | “Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone”. It’s a trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt. 4 |
| • | The exit is usually where the entrance was. 4 |
| • | When everything has to be right, something isn't. 4 |
| • | Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell? 3 |
| • | Who ever asked theses and antitheses if they want to become syntheses? 3 |
| • | Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness. 3 |
