Piet Pieterszoon Hein
Pieter Pietersen Heyn (Hein) (25 November 1577 – 18 June 1629) was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain.
Read more about Piet Pieterszoon Hein: Early Life, Spanish Treasure Fleet, Lieutenant-Admiral, Commemoration
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“The road to wisdom?—Well, it’s plain
and simple to express:
Err
and err
and err again
but less
and less
and less.”
—Piet Hein (b. 1905)