Giving in is no defeat. Passing on is no retreat. Selves are made to rise above. You shall live in what you love. - Piet Hein

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Giving in is no defeat. Passing on is no retreat. Selves are made to rise above. You shall live in what you love.

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About Piet Hein

Piet Hein (16 December 1905 – 18 April 1996) was a Danish mathematician, scientist, inventor, and poet. He often wrote using the pseudonym Kumbel (Old Norse for "tombstone").

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Alternative Names: Kumbel
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PRAYER to the sun above the clouds.

Sun that givest all things birth,
shine on everything on earth!

If that's too much to demand,
shine at least on this our land.

If even that's too much for thee,
shine at any rate on me.
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