Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Quotes

It's hard finding people you trust or who aren't going to take your money. Everyone wants to get a piece of whatever you're doing. It's a nightmare.

I name the Assassins, who are to be cursed and fled. They sell themselves, are thirsty for blood, kill the innocent for a price and care nothing for either life or salvation.

When self-interested motives are strengthened by the apprehension of any danger, there are few persons who will not be induced by them to betray even their best friend.

Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.

Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.

The door closed behind her (Phoebe), and the two men regarded each other for a moment. Viktor spoke first. "I must have your promise, Coach, that you won't hurt her." Dan: "I won't." Viktor: "You spoke a little too quickly for my taste. I don't quite believe you." Dan: "I'm a man of my word, and I promise I won't hurt her." He flexed his hands. "When I murder her, I'll do it real quick so she won't feel a thing." Viktor sighed. "That's exactly what I was afraid of.

Whose hearts must I break? What lies must I maintain? - Through whose blood am I to wade ?

When success comes, people can try to trick you or take advantage of you.

Well, you can't trust most people in this game, period; it can be a very shady business.

There are women who can make you feel more with their bodies and their souls, but these are the exact women who will turn the knife into you right in front of the crowd. Of course, I expect this, but the knife still cuts.

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most.

There's a lot of lying and these are people who are incredibly flawed, and not in very sort of empathetic ways, either. Some of the things they do are pretty awful and some of the things they do to each other are pretty awful.

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

Every single instance of a friend's insincerity increases our dependence on the efficacy of money.

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

We have a good arrangement. Roman lies to me and I pretend to believe him.

I feel like a lot of people would quite easily stab you in the back once they get what they want. And you see that in people.

There can scarcely be a more difficult thing than to play a double game. It is dangerous, and it is at times, a nice point to draw the distinction between such a game and dishonor.

The silence of a treacherous man is to be feared even more than his words.

If you cash in on people, then they aren't your friends.

Now, I know a lot of things in the big man's world are not what they seem: a lot of people are out for themselves, and you can't always trust what someone says.

Oil rich boys . . . had a nice, sweet smile but when you finished meeting with them your socks were missing and you hadn't even noticed they'd taken your boots.

Trust is a good way to get oneself killed

Beware the viper in your closet. Isn’t that another thing you’re always saying, Father? Ambition and jealousy are at the heart of all betrayals. (Ryssa)