The Danish philosopher Piet Hein said: "Quite without wishing a man to the Devil... one may be permitted to hope for the best."

That got me a laugh for sure. But one may be permitted to hope for the best ;-)

2 years ago · 👍 arubes, syntheist, johano

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I'm ashamed to admit that I never heard of him until yesterday. Now I need to correct that error, but reading Danish is gonna be a bit difficult! · 2 years ago

Piet Hein is pretty brilliant. Particularly in Danish, there are often quite a lot lost in translation with him. · 2 years ago