# The best aphorisms of Stanisław Jerzy Lec

Think before you think; the scapegoat that cannot be milked; truth with only eye sockets: the best-known aphorisms from Stanisław Jerzy Lec's Unkempt Thoughts.

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- Aug 30, 2023 · tripnerd.lazy
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## Top 12

1. **Think before you think.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
2. **Everything has already been written; fortunately, not everything has been thought yet.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
3. **If only the scapegoat could be milked as well!** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
4. **Thoughtlessness kills. Others.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
5. **The whole span of nature: from the Creator to the creature.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
6. **No one has looked truth in the eye: it only has eye sockets.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
7. **Is it worth departing from the truth? Yes, if you are ahead of it.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
8. **It is easier to have several books of your own than one opinion of your own.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
9. **The fewer teeth people have, the more biting they become.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
10. **Those the world is running away from in the other direction think they are still moving forward.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
11. **Follow the shark and you will reach people.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).
12. **The sweet life costs a salty price.** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Unkempt Thoughts (Myśli nieuczesane).

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