Piet Hein's Poetry, by first line

• The Road to Wisdom

  The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain
  And simple to express:

  8 lines
• Two Passivists

  Eradicate the optimist
  who takes the easy view

  8 lines
• Time

  Does time exist?
  I gravely doubt it.

  4 lines
• The Egocentrics

  People are self-centred
  to a nauseous degree.

  4 lines
• Meeting the Eye

  You'll probably find
  that it suits your book

  8 lines
• Naive

  Naive you are
  if you believe

  4 lines
• A Psychological Tip

  Whenever you're called on to make up your mind,
  and you're hampered by not having any,

  8 lines
• Problems

  Problems worthy
  of attack

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Ars Brevis

  There is
  one art,

  8 lines, 1 comment
• An Ethical Grook

  I see
  and I hear

  12 lines
• A Word to the Wise

  Let the world pass in its time-ridden race;
  never get caught in its snare.

  5 lines, 1 comment
• Living Is -

  Living is
  a thing you do

  4 lines
• A Maxim for Vikings

  Here is a fact
  that should help you fight a bit longer:

  4 lines
• Good Advice

  Shun advice
  at any price -

  4 lines
• What Love Is Like

  Love is like
  a pineapple,

  4 lines
• Mankind

  Men, said the Devil,
  are good to their brothers:

  4 lines
• Those Who Know

  Those who always
  know what’s best

  4 lines, 1 comment
• Saturation

  The heavens are draining,
  it’s raining and raining,

  6 lines
• Grook About Faith, Love, etc.

  She gave me hope
  she gave me love,

  6 lines, 1 comment
• The Ultimate Wisdom

  Philosophers
  must ultimately find

  6 lines
• A Tip

  Those
  who can write

  8 lines
• The Unattainable Ideal

  We ought to live
  each day as though

  8 lines
• Memento Vivere

  Love while you've got
  love to give.

  4 lines
• Stone In Shoe

  If a nasty jagged stone
  gets into your shoe,

  4 lines
• A Reproof

  In view of your manner
  of spending your days

  8 lines
• Reflection on Size

  Small people often overrate
  the charm of being tall;

  4 lines
• Wide Road

  To make a name for learning
  when other roads are barred,

  4 lines
• The Only Solution

  We shall have to evolve
  problem-solvers galore-

  4 lines
• What People May Think

  Some people cower
  and wince and shrink,

  8 lines, 1 comment
• Rhyme and Reason

  There was an old woman
  who lived in a shoe.

  8 lines

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