Stanislaw Jerzy Lec famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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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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Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
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Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
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The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.
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Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.
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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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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
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Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.
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You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories
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Value your words. Each one may be the last.
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Each juggler should be trained in the ignorance of the laws of physics.
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The exit is usually where the entrance was.
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Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination.
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The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
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There are parodies of non-existent things.
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You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
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Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.
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Never saw the branch you are sittin on, unless they are trying to hang you from it.
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Illiterates have to dictate.
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When gossip gets old it becomes a myth.
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Legends are often destroyed by those in need of its stuff.
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An apt aphorism half kills, half immortalizes.
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Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.
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It's the priests who have demands, not the gods.
-- Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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