Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.

Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.

In order for you to be yourself, you have to be somebody first.

You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.

Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.

The exit is usually where the entrance was.

The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious.

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

I don't agree with mathematics; the sum total of zeros is a frightening figure.

If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?

Those who put blinders on their eyes should remember that the set also includes bridle and a whip.

Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.

The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.

I has a dream about reality. It was such a relief to wake up.

He who limps is still walking.

Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.

Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries.

Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.

An error becomes an error when born as truth.

A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.

The first requisite for immortality is death.

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

All Gods were immortal.

We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to applyit.

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.

It's the priests who have demands, not the gods.

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

I prefer the sign NO ENTRANCE to the sign which says NO EXIT.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a knife and fork?

It isn't easy to live after death. It takes a lifetime.

I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

Value your words. Each one may be the last.

Do I believe? God only knows.

Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Here lies William Trollope, Who made these stones roll up; When death took his soul up, His body filled this hole up

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

Let him who is without guilt cast the first stone. A trap. Because then he will be no longer without guilt.

Man is fatally slow on the uptake; it always takes him until the next generation to understand what's going on.

When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

If you do not know his language, you will never understand a foreigner's silence.

Do not turn your back on anyone. You may be painted on one side only.

A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small.

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

The mob shouts with one big mouth and eats with a thousand little ones.