Heinrich HeineWith his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters, He botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.
About This Quote
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, an American poet, wrote in his poem “The Building of the Ship”: “With his night-cap and his night-shirt tatters, he botches up the loop-holes in the structure of the world.” This quote is used to describe a man who has accomplished little but has wasted his life away.
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