Quotes by Stanisław Jerzy Lec

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What's the point of wide horizons? They can often be expressed only within a very narrow circle.

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To reach the spring, you have to swim against the current.

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To rise up, you need to squeeze your wings.

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He who limps, walks.

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The weaker the arguments, the stronger the point of view.

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Most of the time the exit is where the entrance was.

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Do you want to sing in the choir? First, look closely at the conductor's baton.

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Bread opens every mouth.

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Philosophers, don't look for the philosopher's stone! it will be hanging around your neck.

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I'd rather listen to stories from the distant past than the distant future.

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Saying "I am" is not a trick. You must be.

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This is an ace! But in a very dirty hand.

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I am for the restoration of private property in the spiritual life.

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I found myself looking for myself with a magnifying glass on a globe.

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I disagree with the math. I think a sum of zeroes is a scary number.

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I am beautiful, I am strong, I am wise, I am good. And all this I discovered.

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I say things so old that mankind has already forgotten them.

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I always thought it was a lion, but when I saw it on all fours, I immediately realized that it was not a lion.

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I observe this writer carefully, starting with Homer.

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I saw miracles. That was when people got by without miracles.

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I saw reality in a dream. How relieved I awoke!

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I'd rather David slay Goliath with a harp.

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Sesame, open up! Wanna go out.

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One's heart beats another without mercy.

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It happens that time freezes the blood in our human veins: so that it does not decompose.

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It happens that a hook is swallowed along with the fisherman.

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First there was the word. Then there was silence.

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Conscience sometimes arises from her remorse.

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Don't cut the gallows you're standing on unless they want to hang you from it!

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The calendar reform does not shorten the term until birth.

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The child gives birth to the parents.

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When you destroy the monuments, save the pedestals. They will always come in handy.

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It is not the chasm that separates, but the difference in level.

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Against some people should initiate a thought process.

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I prefer "No Entry" to "No Exit"!

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The deed becomes an afterthought. It's a shame if he's going to surpass it.

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According to some memories a cold shower is not enough, a hot bath is needed.

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Remember, never betray the truth. Change it.

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First he pays, and then he passes out.

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Ask why are people running away from the ship that isn't sinking? They understood where it was taking them.

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"Style is the man." How few people there would be on earth!

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The powers of darkness often shed light on the essence of the problem.

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Fact is always empty, even if it is dressed in the latest fashion.

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Gravediggers have no dead season.

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People have slow reflexes: only the next generations understand.

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He who has a wider horizon usually has narrower perspectives.

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He who has a good memory, it is easier for him to forget many things.

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Who in hell had epaulettes, in heaven will have galloons.

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The one who reached the top has a justification - he has nowhere else to go.

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Cowards must have power, because otherwise they are afraid.

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Only those who have them go out of their minds.

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Where laughter is forbidden, crying is usually not allowed either.

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Those who have passed their times often walk with their heads down.

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Faster! Faster! Life can be lived in a day. But what do you do with the rest of the time?

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Technology will reach such perfection that man will be able to live without himself.

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The fact that he died does not prove that he lived.

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The tragedy of the age is expressed in its laughter.

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She offered herself to him, but she didn't want to take it back.

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Eagles are easier in the clouds.

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From a big cloud - a small shadow? Amazing!

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From spiritual heat remains either ashes or a deed.

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The absent are never right, but very often they keep their lives.

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Very few people in the 19th century foresaw the coming of the 20th century.

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The rooster crows, even in the morning when you cut his throat!

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When you hit the stick, even in a drum, a muse wakes up.

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Think before you think!

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Think with the fire that Prometheus stole from the gods, Giordano Bruno was burned.

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As long as the wind is not blowing, the wind vane also has its own character.

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Not every volley starts a revolution.

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He poured the ashes of his victims on his head.

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Many who wanted to reach the stars hung themselves from a lantern.

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Not all gray matter is brain!

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Do not walk on a smooth path - you will slide.

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You don't have to draw conclusions from garbage.

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Don't fight yourself - you will always lose.

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On the path of least resistance, it even leaves you asking for stronger brakes.

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Thoughts jump from person to person like fleas. But it doesn't bite everyone.

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Some people's thoughts are so superficial that they don't even enter their heads

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We like our inner voice to be heard on the outside.

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One can die on the island of Saint Helena without being Napoleon.

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One can reach the bottom, but not the depth.

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The mouth may open in delight or perhaps yawn.

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Some people would gladly wear a Phrygian bonnet if it had the power of the enchanted hat.

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Some people look through their eyes like through a peephole.

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He carried the flag high because he didn't want to see it.

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He was changing his skin but screaming as if he had been skinned.

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The window to the world can be closed with a newspaper.

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Master the science but do not make it bear fruit.

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Usually a rearguard of a former vanguard is the vanguard of a new rearguard.

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Well, let's say you're going to smash the wall with your head. And what will you do in the cell next door?

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Never open the door to someone who can open it without your permission.

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It's not nice to point the finger at yourself as the Messiah.

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It is not easy to live after death. Sometimes you have to spend a lifetime on it.

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You can't make toothless tyrants laugh.

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Unfinished business often results in a catastrophic lack of consequences.

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The languages ​​of no clock show how to live.

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To resurrect without the consent of the murderers - what courage!

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Only the dead can rise. The living have it harder.

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Everything is in the hands of man! Therefore, they must be washed more often!

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All the shackles in the world form one chain.

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Hamlet's question sounds different in every country.

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It is said that he who has lost his teeth has a freer tongue.

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They proudly wore tags on their chests with a price they could not be bought for.

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Only then are you interested in garbage - when it's fertilizer.

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Let's destroy the Bastilles before they are built.

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Big times can accommodate a lot of little people.

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In some sources of inspiration, the muses wash their feet.

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Be careful when you jump up for joy: lest someone take the ground from under your feet!

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Poor earth, all our shadows fall on it.

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To God - what is God's, to Caesar - what is Caesar's. What about people?

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Even on the throne your pants gnaw.

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Be careful not to become someone's wheel of fortune!

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It happens that the standard bearer takes the flag in another direction.

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Sometimes the bells rock the bell ringer.

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It happens that laurels take root in the head.

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In the hanged man's house there is no talk of the rope. But in the executioner's house?

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Even a prophet's beard can be shaved.

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Even in his silence there were grammatical errors.

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For lovers and horses, hay smells different.

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A chain can easily be made from scratch.

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When gossip gets old, it becomes myth!

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He whose tongue is obedient is often silent.

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A roof over the head often does not allow people to grow.

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Who asks the thesis and the antithesis if they want to be a synthesis?

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A puddle sometimes makes a deep impression.

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The dead have the most developed sense of humor: they laugh at everything.

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A world without psychopaths? That would be abnormal.

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If the characters of a political fable are animals, it means that the age is inhuman.

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When mistakes become rarer, they will be much more expensive.

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When he smelled the violets, the shit said, "Well, they rely on cheap contrast."

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If the art of conversation were refined, the birth rate would decrease.

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Living is bad for health. He who lives - that dies.

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And pilgrims' feet sweat.

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Many things do not exist because they could not be called anything.

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Sometimes the devil tempts me to believe in God.

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Sometimes you have to be rude to be appreciated.

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In every flock there is a black sheep.

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Every century has its own Middle Ages.

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Perhaps the walls of Jericho fell down because the brass blew into them too much?