Vitezović's aphorisms suggest a double reception to the modern reader in a certain, sensitive way.
They should be read in the time when they were written and now, as it were, out of time, when so-called reality, with its original satiricalness, has surpassed and rhymed with many "sharp words".
The book contains over 12,500 proverbs painstakingly collected by Tomislav Radić, a unique collection of wisdom from peoples and nationalities from all over the world. Richly illustrated, this "golden book" remains an invaluable heritage of global folklor
It is also characteristic of Lec's aphorisms that, although critics managed to classify and thematically systematize them, they do not obey such an order.
Narodna knjiga, 1983.
Serbian. Latin alphabet. Paperback with dust jacket.