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I would rather be ashes than dust. I would rather my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze, than it should be stifled in dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, with every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. - Jack London 寧化飛灰,不作浮塵。 寧投熊熊烈火,光盡而滅;不伴寂寂朽木,默默同腐。 寧為耀目流星,迸發萬仗光芒;不羨永恒星體,悠悠沉睡終古。 - Chris Patten, the last Governor of Hong Kong, quoted in Hong Kong Policy Address 1996 (the last address before 1997 handover to China)

Sunday, July 20, 2025

[Poet by AI] Clever & Hardworking


Though diligence may forge success's chain,
It crafts no key to wisdom's hidden domain.
Yet cleverness, with cunning's spark divine,
Claims victory swift—and greater still, when toil aligns.


Original:
a hardworking man may be successful but he will never become clever.
a clever man may be successful and he can be even more successful with hardworking.


Vocabulary:

diligence (n) - careful and persistent work or effort
forge (v) - to make or produce something, especially with some difficulty
cunning (adj) - the quality or skill of being clever at planning something so you get what you want
divine (adj) - connected with a god, or like a god
swift (adj) - happening or moving quickly or within a short time, especially in a smooth and easy way
toil (n) - hard work, especially work that makes you feel physically tired
align (v) - to put two or more things into parallel. 

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