WIST

Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
(Attributed)

Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
(Attributed)

I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane), trans. Jacek Galazka (1962)

Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane), trans. Jacek Galazka (1962)

The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
(trans. Jacek Galazka); http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5344/lit/lecengl.html

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don’t bite everybody.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
(trans. Jacek Galazka)

He who limps still walks.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
(trans. Jacek Galazka)

What do I believe? I believe in God, if he exists.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts [tr. Galazka (1962)]

The face of the enemy frightens me only when I see how much it resembles mine.

Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Unkempt Thoughts [tr. J. Galazka (1962)]