Suppose you succeed in breaking the wall with your head. And what, then, will you do in the next cell?
¶ (Attributed)
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Stanislaw Jerszy Lec (1909-1966) Polish aphorist, poet, satirist
Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty.
¶ (Attributed)
Burning stakes do not lighten the darkness.
¶ Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane), trans. Jacek Galazka (1962)
I am against using death as a punishment. I am also against using it as a reward.
¶ Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane), trans. Jacek Galazka (1962)
He who limps still walks.
¶ Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
(trans. Jacek Galazka)
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.
¶ Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
(trans. Jacek Galazka)
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him.
¶ Unkempt Thoughts (1962)
(trans. Jacek Galazka); http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/5344/lit/lecengl.html
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