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Saturday, 21 September 2013

Speak while There Is Time - Confucius

Plop Fall the plums; but there are still seven
Let those gentlemen that would court me
Come while it is lucky!

Plop Fall the plums; there are still three.
Let any gentleman that would court me
Come before it is too late!

Plop Fall the plums; in shallow baskets
We lay them. Any gentleman who would
Court me had better speak while there is time.

Confucius (559 - 749 BC) China
Folk poetry collected by Confucius in Book of Songs
Translated by Arthur Haley

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