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We shall have to evolve
problem-solvers galore —
since each problem they solve
creates ten problems more.


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


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I am a humble artist
moulding my earthly clod,
adding my labour to nature's,
simply assisting God.
Not that my labour is needed,
yet somehow I understand,
my Maker has deemed it that I too should have
Unmoulded clay in my hand.


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Man is the animal that draws lines which he himself then stumbles over. In the whole pattern of civilization there have been two tendencies, one toward straight lines and rectangular patterns and one toward circular lines. There are reasons, mechanical and psychological, for both tendencies. Things made with straight lines fit well together and save space. And we can move easily — physically or mentally — around things made with round lines. But we are in a straitjacket, having to accept one or the other, when often some intermediate form would be better.

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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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Idiots are really bs
one hundred per cent
when they are also
intelligent.


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Piet Hein

Piet Hein
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Born: December 16, 1905
Died: April 17, 1996 (aged 90)
Bio: Piet Hein was a Danish scientist, mathematician, inventor, designer, author, and poet, often writing under the Old Norse pseudonym "Kumbel" meaning "tombstone".
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