Inspirational Quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (Polish Aphorist, Poet)

Stanisław Jerzy Lec (1909–66,) born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz, was a Polish aphorist and poet. Often referenced among the most celebrated writers of post-war Poland, he was noted for his skeptical philosophical aphorisms in Myśli nieuczesane (published in series from 1957; Unkempt Thoughts.)

Born in Lviv, now in Ukraine, Lec began publishing lyrical verse in Polish dailies and later contributed to satirical weeklies and to the Tryby magazine, of which he was a co-founder. Three of his early verse collections were Barwy (1933; ‘Colors,’) Zoo (1935,) and Satyry Patetyczne (1936; ‘Pathetic Satires.’)

A lyrical poet of distinction, Lec wrote contemplative verse; his profound literary culture liked him with fellow poets in Germany and Austria. He also translated Heinrich Heine and Bertolt Brecht.

During his later, post-war period, Lec wrote more collections of verse, such as Notatnik polowy (1946; ‘A Field Notebook,’) Rękopis Jerozolimski (1950–52, ‘A Jerusalem Manuscript,’) and the satirical Fraszkobranie (1967; ‘Gathering of Trifles.’)

Lec is also well known for his many collections of skeptical philosophical-moral aphorisms, which he published, ranging from Spacer cynika (1946; ‘The Cynic’s Promenade’) to Myśli nieuczesane (1957; ‘Unkempt Thoughts;’ sequels 1964, 1966.)

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If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Luck

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Joy, Change, Parties, Celebration

The first requisite for immortality is death.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Immortality

Some like to understand what they believe in. Others like to believe in what they understand.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Beliefs, Belief, Faith

He who limps still walks.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Blessings

Never lie when the truth is more profitable.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Truth

You will always find some Eskimos willing to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Advice

A sodomite got very excited looking at a zoology text. Does this make it pornography?
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Perspective

The exit is usually where the entrance was.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Change, Joy, Parties, Celebration

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Progress

No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Snow, Responsibility

When everything has to be right, something isn’t.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Perfection

People find life entirely too time-consuming.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Life and Living

The first condition of immortality is death.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Immortality

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don’t bite everybody.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Thinking, Thoughts, Thought

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Media

Intelligence, in diapers, is invisible. And when it matures, out the window it flies. We have to pounce on it earlier.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Intelligence, Intellectuals

You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Faith

He who limps is still walking.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Action, Walking

There are grammatical errors even in his silence.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Silence

The finger of God never leaves identical fingerprints.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: God

The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Strength

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
—Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Topics: Patience

Inspirational Quotes by Stanislaw Jerzy Lec (Polish Aphorist, Poet)

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