Youth is the gift of nature, but age is... by Stanislaw Lec | We Heart Quotes

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

- Stanislaw Lec

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Doubt Man

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

- Stanislaw Lec

Thoughts Man

Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.

- Stanislaw Lec

First

You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.

- Stanislaw Lec

World

The window to the world can be covered by a newspaper.

- Stanislaw Lec

Time Life People

People find life entirely too time-consuming.

- Stanislaw Lec

First

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.

- Stanislaw Lec

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