Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes
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“You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.”
-- Stanislaw Jerzy LecSource : "Unkempt Thoughts" as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.
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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.”
-- Stanislaw Jerzy LecSource : "Unkempt Thoughts" as translated by Jacek Galazka, 1962.
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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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