Stanisŀaw Jerzy Lec

“He who limps is still walking.”

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

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

“Das Leben zwingt den Menschen zu allerlei freiwilligen Handlungen.”

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

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

“Hay smells different to lovers and horses. ”

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

“We understand everything; that is why we understand nothing. ”

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

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

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

“An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret. ”

“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.”

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

“Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence. ”

“Even his ignorance is encyclopedic.”

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

“Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?”

“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”