--- title: "1 Ought Live Quotes By Piet Hein" description: "1 Ought Live quotes by Piet Hein. Plus more from Piet Hein and more Ought Live sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/piet-hein-26749_foresight_we-ought-to-live-each-day-as-though-it-w_14071.jpg" --- > [“We ought to live each day as though it were our last day here below. But if I did, alas, I know it would have killed me long ago.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/we-ought-to-live-each-day-as-though-it-were-our-last-day-here-below/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ccc/piet-hein-26749_foresight_we-ought-to-live-each-day-as-though-it-w_14071.jpg) ## More by Piet Hein > [“We ought to live each day as though it were our last day here below. But if I did, alas, I know it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/we-ought-to-live-each-day-as-though-it-were-our-last-day-here-below/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“After all, what is art? Art is the creative process and it goes through all fields. Einstein’s theory of relativity – now that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/after-all-what-is-art-art-is-the-creative-process-and-it-goes-through/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [Nature, our father and mother, gave us all we have got. The state, our elder brother, swipes the lot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/nature-our-father-and-mother-gave-us-all-we-have-got-the-state-our/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“Nobody can be lucky all the time, so when your luck deserts you in some fashion don't think you've been abandoned in your prime,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/nobody-can-be-lucky-all-the-time-so-when-your-luck-deserts-you-in/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“Losing one glove is certainly painful, but nothing compared to the pain, of losing one, throwing away the other, and finding the first one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/losing-one-glove-is-certainly-painful-but-nothing-compared-to-the/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“Put up in a place where it is easy to see the cryptic admonishment T.T.T When you feel how depressingly slowly you climb it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/put-up-in-a-place-where-it-is-easy-to-see-the-cryptic-admonishment-t/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“It isn't enough to exasperate others. You have to remember to gladden yourself!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/it-isn-t-enough-to-exasperate-others-you-have-to-remember-to-gladden/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“MEETING THE EYE You'll probably find that it suits your book to be a bit cleverer than you look. Observe that the easiest method…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/meeting-the-eye-you-ll-probably-find-that-it-suits-your-book-to-be-a/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“A WORD TO THE WISE Let the world pass in its time-ridden race; never get caught in its snare. Remember, the only acceptable case…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/a-word-to-the-wise-let-the-world-pass-in-its-time-ridden-race-never/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“I'd like to know what this whole show is all about before it's out.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/i-d-like-to-know-what-this-whole-show-is-all-about-before-it-s-out/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“TIMING TOAST Grook on how to char for yourself There's an art of knowing when. Never try to guess. Toast until it smokes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/timing-toast-grook-on-how-to-char-for-yourself-there-s-an-art-of/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“It ought to be plain how little you gain by getting excited and vexed. You'll always be late for the previous train, and always…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/it-ought-to-be-plain-how-little-you-gain-by-getting-excited-and-vexed/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“Knowing what Thou knowest not Is in a sense Omniscience.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/knowing-what-thou-knowest-not-is-in-a-sense-omniscience/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“Hvis man regner med belønning for sin godhed, er det ikke godhed, men beregning.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/hvis-man-regner-med-bel-nning-for-sin-godhed-er-det-ikke-godhed-men/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) > [“MAKING AN EFFORT Our so-called limitations, I believe, apply to faculties we don't apply. We don't discover what we can't achieve until we make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/piet-hein/making-an-effort-our-so-called-limitations-i-believe-apply-to/) [Piet Hein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/piet-hein/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ought-live/piet-hein/#itemlist", "name": "1 Ought Live Quotes By Piet Hein", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“We ought to live each day as though it were our last day here below. 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