Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

He who limps is still walking.

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

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

Even his ignorance is encyclopedic.

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

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

The constitution of a country should not violate the constitutions of its citizens.

Hay smells different to lovers and horses.

An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.

Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence.

Oh, to be old again,” said the young corpse.

Every stink that fights the ventilator thinks it is Don Quixote.

Satirists, be careful. In the 1931 film by Rene Clair “Vive la Liberte” a song says, “Work is freedom.” In 1940 the sign on the gates to Auschwitz said: “Arbeit macht frei.

Do not expect too much of the end of the world.

Their bodies were so close together that there was no room for real affection.

We understand everything; that is why we understand nothing.

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

Ich stimme mit der Mathematik nicht überein. Ich meine, dass die Summe von Nullen eine gefährliche Zahl ist.

Politics: a Trojan horse race.

En el principio era el Verbo y en el final el lugar común.

Das Leben zwingt den Menschen zu allerlei freiwilligen Handlungen.

¿Cómo ejercitar la memoria para que aprenda a olvidar?

Es extraño que resulte tan difícil despertar ecos hasta en las cabezas huecas.

Quien olvida fácilmente, pasa mejor el examen de su vida.

La voz de la conciencia también pasa por un cambio de voz

Zwei Parallelen begegnen sich in der Unendlichkeit und sie glauben daran.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec,

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.