“Men have slow reflexes. In general it takes several generations later for them to understand.”
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Famous Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes
“Every now and then you meet a man whose ignorance is encyclopedic.”
“The man who bows before the ruler, shows his behind to the courtiers”
“A man who is a genius and doesn't know it, probably isn't.”
“Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man. But they don't bite everybody.”
“Whenever man begins to doubt himself, he does something so stupid that he is reassured.”
“If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?”