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Piet Hein Quotes

«Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor) | Keywords: hitting
«Living isa thing you donow or never -which do you?»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor)
«People are self-centeredto a nauseous degree.They will keep on about themselveswhile I'm explaining me.»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor)
«The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust for other sports»
«If no thought your mind does visit, Make your speech not too explicit»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor) | About: Mind | Keywords: explicit, visit
«The universe may / be as great as they say. / But it wouldn't be missed/ if it didn't exist.»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor)
«The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Err and err again but less and less and less.»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor) | Keywords: errand, errands
«To make a name for learning/ when other roads are barred,/ take something very easy/ and make it very hard.»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor)
«Here lies, extinguished in his prime,/ a victim of modernity:/ but yesterday he hadn't time--/ and now he has eternity.»
Author: Piet Hein (Inventor)