Top 15 Stanisław Jerzy Lec Quotes

Polish writer (1909–1966)

Stanisław Jerzy Lec (6 March 1909 – 7 May 1966) was a Polish poet and aphorist.

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Pen Names: Stach

Alternative Names: Stanisław Lec • Stanislaw Jerzy Lec • Stanislaw Lec

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No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

He who limps is still walking.

The greater the dark, the easier to be a star.

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand

On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss

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

In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.

He had a clear conscience. Never used it.

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

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

Even his ignorance is encyclopedic.

Even the masochists tell everything when tortured. From sheer gratitude.

All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often.