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Proverbs contradict each other. That is the wisdom of a nation.
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Age: 57 †
Born: 1909
Born: March 6
Died: 1966
Died: May 7
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Lemberg
Austria
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Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
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Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.
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An empty envelope that is sealed contains a secret.
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The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
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Puritans should wear fig leaves on their eyes.
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Believers believe in resurrection, atheists only in comebacks.
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Myth is nothing more than ancient gossip.
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The consumer's side of the coffin lid is never ostentatious.
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Among giants, try and be a dwarf among dwarfs, try and be a giant but among equals, try and be an equal
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There were grammatical errors even in his silence.
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Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?
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The first condition of immortality is death.
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Beyond each corner, new directions lie in wait.
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When reasons are weak, attitudes stiffen.
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We are all equal before the law, but not before those appointed to applyit.
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Artistic honesty sometimes prevents an artist from being born.
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On the top of each peak you are on the edge of the abyss
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There is a dispute about the existence of God. Both sides try to hide that they killed Him - even before He came into being.
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You will always find some Eskimo ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heatwaves.
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You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
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There are parodies of non-existent things.
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