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Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

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Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Age: 57 †
Born: 1909
Born: March 6
Died: 1966
Died: May 7
Aphorist
Poet
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Lemberg
Austria
Stanisław Lec
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Stanislaw Lec
Sacrifice
Mankind
Peace
War
Antiwar
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