Mankind Men, said the Devil, are good to their brothers: t… - Piet Hein

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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.

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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Wisdom is the booby prize given when you've been unwise.

THE ROAD TO WISDOM

The road to wisdom? — Well, it's plain
and simple to express:
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less.

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.

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

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