REFLECTION ON SIZE Small people often overrate the charm o… - Piet Hein

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REFLECTION ON SIZE

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

Piet Hein

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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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DREAM INTERPRETATION Simplified.

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

Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back.

MAKING AN EFFORT
Our so-called limitations, I believe,
apply to faculties we don't apply.
We don't discover what we can't achieve
until we make an effort not to try.

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

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