The Daily Boost #358

Meet the grook

I have to thank Rafter Suzi S. for introducing me to “grooks.” A grook is a short aphoristic poem invented (or at least named) by the Danish polymath Piet Hein. I often find them both true and humorous.

Today you’re getting two grooks for the price of one—above (illustrated by Hein) and below.

THE ROAD TO WISDOM
Piet Hein

The road to wisdom?—Well, it’s
plain and simple to express:
Err
and err
and err again,
but less
and less
and less.

(My thanks to Piet Hein, via Brief Poems and De Clarke.)

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The Gentle Nudge

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