Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

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

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?

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.

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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.

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

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

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?

Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

An error becomes an error when born as truth.

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

The first requisite for immortality is death.

All Gods were immortal.

A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.

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

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

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

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

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

When no wind blows, even the weathervane has character.

Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.

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

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a 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.

Do I believe? God only knows.

Value your words. Each one may be the last.

When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

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

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

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

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