Anyone remember these? My dad used to have a book of them when he was younger, and he passed it on to me. I love these little poems. Piet Hein was great.

PROBLEMS

Problems worthy
of attack
prove their worth
by hitting back.


THE ETERNAL TWINS

Taking fun
as simply fun
and earnestness
in earnest
shows how thoroughly
thou none
of the two
discernest.


CONSOLATION GROOK

Losing one glove
is certainly painful,
but nothing
compared to the pain,
of losing one,
throwing away the other,
and finding
the first one again.

T. T. T.

Put up in a place
where it's easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T. T. T.

When you feel how depressingly
slowly you climb,
it's well to remember that
Things Take Time.
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