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
depression memories eye
You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories
writing fire imagination
Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination.
miracle rage powerless
Powerless rage can work miracles.
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
addresses knowing-god knows
Oh, to know God's private address.
thrones pants
Pants get shiny even on a throne.
stuff needs legends
Legends are often destroyed by those in need of its stuff.
justice neutrality impartiality
Impartiality is not neutrality. It is partiality for justice.
lasts illusion sentences
Everything is illusion. Even that last sentence.
clock rely
Even Einstein had to rely for his time on his clock.
ambition secret scarecrow
Every scarecrow has a secret ambition to terrorize.
gossip ancient myth
Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.
should
To whom should we marry Freedom, to make it multiply?
being-yourself horse men
Be yourself. A horse without the lancer is still a horse; a lancer without the horse is just a man.