Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up." - Meaning and context.">
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As quoted in Know Your Limits — Then Ignore Them (2000) by John Mason
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Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up.

— Dag Hammarskjöld

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Is life so wretched? Isn't it rather your hands which are too small, your vision which is muddled? You are the one who must grow up." in the context of "As quoted in Know Your Limits — Then Ignore Them (2000) by John Mason" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

Source: Wikiquote: "Dag Hammarskjöld" (Quotes) The 'What it means' explanation text was generated by Google Gemini Flash (accessed January 18, 2026). https://gemini.google.com/app

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Dag Hammarskjöld

About Dag Hammarskjöld

Dag Hammarskjöld (29 July 1905 – 18 September 1961) was a Swedish diplomat, the second United Nations Secretary-General, and a Nobel Peace Prize recipient. He oversaw U.N. responses to Cold War crises, the decolonization of Africa, and the Arab-Israeli conflict. He was killed in a plane crash while attempting to mediate the Congo Crisis.