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Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,
and you're hampered by not having any,
the best way to solve the dilemma, you'll find,
is simply by spinning a penny.
No — not so that chance shall decide the affair
while you're passively standing there moping;
but the moment the penny is up in the air,
you suddenly know what you're hoping


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True wisdom knows
it must comprise
some nonsense
as a compromise,
lest fools should fail
to find it wise.


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Foes
of what's cooking
see no worth behind it.
Those
that are looking
for nothing — will find it.


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A person may cause evil to others not only by his actions but by his inaction, and in either case he is justly accountable to them for the injury.
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Piet Hein

Piet Hein
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Born: December 16, 1905
Died: April 17, 1996 (aged 90)
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