Thursday 14 June 2012

Not everyone can have luck, but everyone can have virtue

"Not everyone can have luck, but everyone can have virtue."  不是每個人都能幸運 但是每個人都能作好事  It seems unbelievable that I'm the first one to set down this maxim (in English or in Chinese), but a rapid search on Google indicates that it is indeed the case.  You know you're getting old when you need to resort to quoting yourself.

The third and final clause in Chinese is an allusion to 水滸傳, omitted from the English.