Aphorisms(Stanislaw Jerzy Lec)

Aphorisms by Polish poet and satirist Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (1909 -1966). In post WW2 Poland he wasn't neither a communist nor catholic. Gotta respect that. Independent mind is valuable thing to have.

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" I'd like the world to be the Grand Guignol." "You are a sadist." "Oh no. There they were only pretending."

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"A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?"

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

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"Are naked women intelligent?"

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

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"We looked into each other's eyes. I saw myself, she saw herself."

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"You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves."

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"He is a thinking man." Is there a compliment to humanity in that description?"

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"Ideals are not for idealists."

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"Perhaps God chose me to be an atheist?"

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"What becomes of a devil who ceases to believe in God?"

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"When myth meets myth, the collision is very real."

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"Woe to dictators who are convinced they are not dictators."

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"A barefooted man should not walk on roses."

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"Don't lose your mind unless you have paid for it."

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"Even a glass eye can see its blindness."

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"Hay smells different to lovers and horses"

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"Love of one's country recognizes no frontiers... of other countries."

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"No Torquemada will ever drag out of people as many secret desires as can the lust for power."

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"The success of Heine - to become a world-famous "unknown poet". "

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"There is no tax on crime."

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"Think before you think!"

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"When gossip grows old it becomes myth."

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"You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories."

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"You can tell when a people has no voice, even when they are singing anthems."

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"You have to have a lot of patience to learn patience."

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"Human flesh cannot contain alcohol and anti-Semitism simultaneously. Pour in a little alcohol and out pours anti-Semitism."

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"The weakest link in the chain is also the strongest. It can break the chain."

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"A beautiful lie?" Listen! That's creativity."

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"A better tomorrow" does not insure you against "an even better day after tomorrow."

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"A big cloud and such a small shadow. Strange."

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"A fat man lives shorter but eats longer."

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"A lobster blushes after it dies; what rare subtlety in a victim! "

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"A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't."

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"A provincial paper asked me to send them cheaper thoughts for a smaller fee."

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"A statue can be an excellent sundial. Even later, when it is gone, you know what hour had struck."

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"A sweet thing, perspective - a chance to see your enemies so small."

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"A tired exclamation mark is a question mark."

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"A troglodyte was not a troglodyte. He was merely on a level with his civilization."

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"Abel was the first to discover that dead victims do not protest."

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"Ah. I wish I knew God's private address."

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"All gods WERE immortal."

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"All is in the hands of man. Therefore wash them often."

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"All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality."

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"Always turn to strange gods; they will listen to you out of turn"

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"America was not discovered by Americans - shame on them."

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"Among giants, try to be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try to be a giant; but among equals try to be an equal."

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"An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret."

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"An errors becomes an error when born as truth."

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"Are there any vegetarians among cannibals? "

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