SMALL THINGS & GREAT He that lets the small things bind hi… - Piet Hein

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SMALL THINGS
& GREAT

He that lets
the small things bind him
leaves the great
undone behind him.

Piet Hein

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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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Mankind

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

The human spirit sublimates the impulses it thwarts; a healthy sex life mitigates the lust for other sports.

MEETING THE EYE
You'll probably find
that it suits your book
to be a bit cleverer
than you look.
Observe that the easiest
method by far
is to look a bit stupider
than you are.

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

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