Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Stanisław Jerzy Lec, born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often mentioned among the greatest writers of post-war Poland, he was one of the more influential aphorists on the 20th century, known for lyrical poetry and skeptical philosophical-moral aphorisms, often with a political subtext...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth6 March 1909
CountryPoland
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec quotes about
cliche ends
At the beginning there was the Word; at the end just the Cliche.
secret envelopes empty
An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.
eye swimming sea
Does a little fish, swimming though the net's eye, suffer from inferiority complex?
love eye self-love
We looked into each other's eyes. I saw myself, she saw herself.
war ideas people
In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.
truth lying never-lie
Never lie when the truth is more profitable.
lasts illusion sentences
Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence.
darkness atheism burning
Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
dwarves trying giants
Among giants, try and be a dwarf; among dwarfs, try and be a giant; but among equals, try and be an equal
stuff needs legends
Legends are often destroyed by those in need of its stuff.
addresses knowing-god knows
Oh, to know God's private address.
thrones pants
Pants get shiny even on a throne.
doe censorship excited
A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?
myth
Create your own myths; that is how the gods got started.