When smashing monuments, save the pedest... by Stanislaw Lec | We Heart Quotes

Literature philosopher poet Aphorisms Monuments

When smashing monuments, save the pedestals - they always come in handy.

- Stanislaw Lec

Other quotes by Stanislaw Lec

Time Life People

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

- Stanislaw Lec

Progress

Is it progress if a cannibal uses a fork?

- Stanislaw Lec

Nature Age Work

Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art.

- Stanislaw Lec

Eyes

You can close your eyes to reality but not to memories.

- Stanislaw Lec

Doubt Man

Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.

- Stanislaw Lec

Sacrifice

Mankind deserves sacrifice - but not of mankind.

- Stanislaw Lec

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