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Stanisław Jerzy Lec Quotes

1909–1966 Poland

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

Poland
Poets

Also known as: Lec, Stanislaw Jerzy, Lec, Stanisław Jerzy, Stanislaw Jerzy Lec, Stanislaw Lec

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

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

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

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

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

It is the high priests that make demands — not the gods they serve.

More Unkempt Thoughts (1964)

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

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

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

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality.

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

Hay smells different to lovers and horses.

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

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

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.

More Unkempt Thoughts (1964)

There were grammatical errors even in his silence.

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

All is in the hands of Man.

He who had dug his own grave
looks attentively
at the gravedigger's work,
but not pedantically:
for this one
digs a grave
not for himself.

Open Sesame — I want to get out.

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

Politics: a Trojan horse race.

Unkempt Thoughts (1957)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Stanisław Jerzy Lec (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.