Memento Vivere

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

poem by Piet Hein
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Time

Does time exist?
I gravely doubt it.
But gosh, what should we do
without it?

poem by Piet Hein
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Small Things and Great

He that lets
the small things bind him
leaves the great
undone behind him.

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A Tip

Those
who can write
have a
lot to
learn from those
bright
enough
not to.

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Similarity

No cow's like a horse,
and no horse like a cow.
That's one similarity, anyhow.

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Investment Policy

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

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The Universe may be as great as they say. But it wouldn't be missed if it didn't exist.

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The Wisdom of the Spheres

How instructive
is a star!
It can teach us
from afar
just how small
each other are.

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Nothing Is Indispensable

The universe may
be as great as they say.
But it wouldn't be missed
if it didn't exist.

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Presence of Mind

You'll conquer the present
suspiciously fast
if you smell of the future
-and stink of the past.

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