Stanisław Lem

Bottom is bottom, even if it is turned upside down.

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I give you bitter pills in sugar coating. The pills are harmless; the poison is in the sugar.

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

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When myth meets myth, the collision is very real.

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Wounds heal and become scars. But scars grow with us.

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

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You will always find some Eskimos ready to instruct the Congolese on how to cope with heat waves.

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Cannibals prefer those who have no spines.

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Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.

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If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he entitled to happiness?

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Many a zero thinks it is the ellipse on which the Earth travels.

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He who limps still walks.

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

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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.

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Is it progress if a cannibal uses knife and fork?

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