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Stanisław Jerzy Lec
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“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.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) first seen 1943 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: He who had dug his own grave", from To Abel and Cain, commemorating his escape from the Nazis by his 1943 killing of an SS guard who had been assigned to watch as he dug his own grave, as quoted in "10 Amazing Ways Peop…
“Do not expect too much of the end of the world.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Foucault's Pendulum (1989) by Umberto Eco, Ch. 7, p. 49; cited to a 1977 Polish edition of Unkempt Thoughts.
“Those who are ahead of their time often have to wait for it in uncomfortable quarters.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: As quoted in Power for the World (2010) by Wolfgang Palz, Foreword, p. xxi
“Wszystko jest w rękach człowieka. Dlatego należy je często myć.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pierwszym warunkiem nieśmiertelności jest śmierć.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Nawet w jego milczeniu były błędy językowe.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Pogrożę mu tylko palcem – rzekł, kładąc go na cynglu.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Czy jeżeli ludożerca je widelcem i nożem to postęp? -->”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: This inspired the title for Cannibals with Forks : The Triple Bottom Line of 21st Century Business (1998) by John Elkington
“W walce idei giną ludzie.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Hay smells different to lovers and horses.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not ask God the way to heaven; he will show you the hardest one.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tłum krzyczy jednymi wielkimi ustami, ale je tysiącem małych.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Politics: a Trojan horse race.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Burząc pomniki, oszczędzajcie cokoły. Zawsze mogą się przydać.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Optimists and pessimists differ only on the date of the end of the world.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“All of our separate fictions add up to joint reality.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The moment of recognizing your own lack of talent is a flash of genius.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Morality is either a social contract or you have to pay cash.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Gdy z radości podskoczysz do góry, uważaj, by ci ktoś ziemi spod nóg nie usunął.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“When everything has to be right, something isn't.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Open Sesame — I want to get out. p. 160 -->”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The Order of the Garter usually goes to people who already have full wardrobes.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is the high priests that make demands — not the gods they serve.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Żaden płatek śniegu nie czuje się odpowiedzialny za lawinę.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Do not trust people. They are capable of greatness.”
Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–1966) said by 1966 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source