Tuesday, September 7, 2010

To truly live, one must exert oneself

"A man who spends his life without exertion, this is not a true man.  It's the hollow image of a man.  He has passed through life, but he hasn't lived it."
-- From a Brazilian poet, Francisco Otaviano (1825-89)

“度过人生而不曾劳苦,那不是真正的人,而是‘人的虚像’,只是通过人生而不曾活过。”
--  十九世纪巴西诗人弗朗西斯科,奥塔比阿诺

[Above taken from NHR: The Future 12 ]
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My Takeaways:
Must not let our life slip by us without exerting ourselves.