Great Throughts Treasury
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Stanislaw Lec, fully Stanisław Jerzy Lec, born Baron Stanisław Jerzy de Tusch-Letz
Polish Jewish Lyrical Poet and Philosophical-Moral Aphorist
"Where a harsh law rules, people yearn for lawlessness."
"Who knows what Columbus would have discovered if America hadn't got in the way."
"Wounds heal and become scars. But scars grow with us."
"You can change your faith without changing gods, and vice versa."
"You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories."
"Where do consequences lead? Depends on the escort."
"You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down."
"You have to decide, even to hesitate"
"You have to climb to reach a deep thought."
"You will always find a few Eskimos ready to tell the Congolese how to cope with the heat."
"Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art."