Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.
— Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.
Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?
In a war of ideas it is people who get killed.
Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.
Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.
The pleasure of reading is doubled when one lives with another who shares the same books.
The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.
Don't trust the heart, it wants your blood.
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.
The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.
First of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.
Sometimes something worth doing is worth overdoing.
People find life entirely too time-consuming.
Never lie when the truth is more profitable.
The first requisite for immortality is death.
When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.
Value your words. Each one may be the last.
Telling lies does not work in advertising.
When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.
