Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

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

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  Birthday, Art, Lost Youth

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

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  Funny, Life, Cute Love

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

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  Eye, Remember, Should

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• Never turn your back on reality. It surrounds you.

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  Reality, Turns, Surround

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

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  Funny, Peace, Ubuntu

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

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  Law, Equal

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• When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.

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  Attitude, Reason, Weak

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

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  Ignorance, Men, Now And Then

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• There were grammatical errors even in his silence.

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  Errors, Silence

  "Unkempt Thoughts". Book by Stanisław Jerzy Lec, translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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• He who wants to get to the source must swim against the current.

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  Swim, Want, Source

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• Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.

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  Myth

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• Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

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  Inspirational, Forgiveness, Guilt

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

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  Being Yourself, Writing, Order

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

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  Demand, Priests

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

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  Math, Figures, Agree

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

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  Luck, Ready

  "Unkempt Thoughts" as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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

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  Strength, Ties, Links

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

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  World, Window, Newspapers

  "Unkempt Thoughts" (1957) by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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

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  Writing, Genius, Talent

  "Unkempt Thoughts" as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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

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  Sea, Political, Pedestal

  "Unkempt Thoughts". Book by Stanisław Jerzy Lec, translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.

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• Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.

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  Justice, Neutrality, Impartiality

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• Sometimes you have to be silent to be heard.

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  Sometimes, Silent, Heard

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• If you are not a psychiatrist, stay away from idiots. They are too stupid to pay a layman for his company.

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  Stupid, Pay, Idiot

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

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  Heart, Blood, Want

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• A tired exclamation mark is a question mark.

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  Tired, Exclamation Marks, Question Mark

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