Quote of the Day
"The credit
belongs to the man who is actually in the arena ... who strives valiantly, who
errs and comes short again and again -- because there is no effort without
shortcomings -- who spends himself in a worthy cause,
who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at
worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with
those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat."
- Theodore
Roosevelt
Poem of the Day
Chie^u Ho^`n Nu+o+'c
(tri'ch ddo.an)
...
Xin ho^`n ha~y ti?nh ddu+`ng me^
Ti?nh ra ro^`i se~ lie^.u be^` khuye^n nhau
Khuye^n nhau la^'y chu+~ ddo^`ng ba`o
La^'y ca^u i'ch quo^'c, la^'y ddie^`u lo+.i da^n
...
Than o^i! Ho^`n nu+o+'c ta o+i!
Ti?nh nghe ta go.i ma^'y lo+`i ddo^`ng ta^m!
Nguye^~n Quye^`n
Memory
And oh, but there are bolts to the heart,
Holding it together here and there,
Life loosens them sometimes,
And then that sleepy old harlot, Memory,
Goes dancing past with the tightening wrench,
Held smiling and forever just out of reach.
Steven Gallagher
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