Stanisław Jerzy Lec

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

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• When smashing monuments, save the pedestals. They always come in handy.

pl: Burząc pomniki, oszczędzajcie cokoły. Zawsze mogą się przydać.

• All is in the hands of Man. Therefore you should wash them often.

pl: Wszystko jest w rękach człowieka. Dlatego należy je często myć.

• There were grammatical errors even in his silence.

pl: Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.

• "I will just wag my finger at him", he said, putting it on the trigger.

pl: – Pogrożę mu tylko palcem – rzekł, kładąc go na cynglu.

• Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?
  • (Hence the title Cannibals with Forks by John Elkington)

• W walce idei giną ludzie.[1]
  • Translation: In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.[2]

• The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.

• Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash

• Politics: a Trojan horse race

• The window on the world can be covered by a newspaper.

• When everything has to be right, something isn't.

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• No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.

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