Piet Hein

Men, said the Devil,are good to their brothers:they don’t want to mendtheir own ways, but each others

Love while you've got love to give
Live while you've got life to live

Anxieties yield at a negative rate, increasing in smallness the longer they wait

Our so-called limitations,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

Naive you areif you believelife favours thosewho aren't naive

I'd like to know what this whole show is all about before it's out

You'll probably findthat it suits your bookto be a bit clevererthan you look
Observe that the easiestmethod by faris to look a bit stupiderthan you are

Shun adviceat any price - that's what I callgood advice

One paramount truth our society smothers in petty concern with position and pelf:
It isn't enough to exasperate others; you've got to remember to gladden yourself

Here is a factthat should help you fight a bit longer:
Things that don’t actually kill you outrightmake you stronger

She gave me hope she gave me love, with bounty unalloyed
But what she had of faith, alas, she gave to Freud

Living isa thing you donow or never -which do you