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Piet Hein quotes: MankindMen, said the Devil,are good to their brothers:they don't want to mendtheir own ways, but each other's.

Mankind
Men, said the Devil,
are good to their brothers:
they don't want to mend
their own ways, but each other's.

Piet Hein quotes: It isn't enough to exasperate others. You have to remember to gladden yourself!

It isn't enough to exasperate others. You have to remember to gladden yourself!

Piet Hein quotes: Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain, of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again.

Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain, of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one again.

Piet Hein quotes: We ought to live each day as though it were our last day here below. But if I did, alas, I know it would have killed me long ago.

We ought to live each day as though it were our last day here below. But if I did, alas, I know it would have killed me long ago.

Piet Hein quotes: SMALL THINGS& GREATHe that letsthe small things bind himleaves the greatundone behind him.

SMALL THINGS
& GREAT
He that lets
the small things bind him
leaves the great
undone behind him.

Piet Hein quotes: PRESCRIPTION A bitof virtuewill neverhurt you.

PRESCRIPTION

A bit
of virtue
will never
hurt you.

Piet Hein quotes: Knowing what / Thou knowest not / Is in a sense / Omniscience. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)

Knowing what / Thou knowest not / Is in a sense / Omniscience. -Piet Hein, poet and scientist (1905-1996)

Piet Hein quotes: BRAVETo be brave is to behavebravely when your heart is faint.So you can be really brave only when you really ain't.

BRAVE
To be brave is to behave
bravely when your heart is faint.
So you can be really brave
only when you really ain't.

Piet Hein quotes: A bit beyond perceptions reach I sometimes believe I see that life is two locked boxes each containing the other's key

A bit beyond perceptions reach I sometimes believe I see that life is two locked boxes each containing the other's key

Piet Hein quotes: THE FINAL TOUCHPortrait of nobody in particularIdiots are reallyone hundred per centwhen they are alsointelligent.

THE FINAL TOUCH
Portrait of nobody in particular
Idiots are really
one hundred per cent
when they are also
intelligent.

Piet Hein quotes: THE WISDOM OF THE SPHERESHow instructiveis a star!It can teach usfrom afarjust how smalleach other are.

THE WISDOM OF THE SPHERES
How instructive
is a star!
It can teach us
from afar
just how small
each other are.

Piet Hein quotes: Love while you've love to give.Live while you've got life to live.

Love while you've love to give.
Live while you've got life to live.

Piet Hein quotes: VITA BREVIS A lifetimeis morethansufficiently longfor people to get what there is of itwrong.

VITA BREVIS
A lifetime
is more
than
sufficiently long
for people to get what there is of it
wrong.

Piet Hein quotes: Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.

Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back.

Piet Hein quotes: DREAM INTERPRETATION Simplified.Everything's eitherconcave or -vex,so whatever you dreamwill be something with sex.

DREAM INTERPRETATION Simplified.
Everything's either
concave or -vex,
so whatever you dream
will be something with sex.

Piet Hein quotes: As Eternity has reckoned There's a lifetime in a second

As Eternity has reckoned There's a lifetime in a second

Piet Hein quotes: REFLECTION ON SIZESmall people often overratethe charm of being tall;which is, that you appreciatethe charm of being small.

REFLECTION ON SIZE
Small people often overrate
the charm of being tall;
which is, that you appreciate
the charm of being small.

Piet Hein quotes: Lovers meander in prose and rhyme,trying to say-for the thousandth time-what's easier done than said.

Lovers meander in prose and rhyme,
trying to say-
for the thousandth time-
what's easier done than said.

Piet Hein quotes: ABREASTHe who aimsto keep abreastis for eversecond best.

ABREAST
He who aims
to keep abreast
is for ever
second best.

Piet Hein quotes: Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer.

Art is solving problems that cannot be formulated before they have been solved. The shaping of the question is part of the answer.

Piet Hein quotes: I'd like to knowwhat this whole show is all aboutbefore it's out.

I'd like to know
what this whole show
is all about
before it's out.

Piet Hein quotes: It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.

It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always on time for the next.