“People are aging with time.
Reflections on our contribution in this life is necessary.
Sincere words are precious.
For people can never have enough of pearls of wisdom.”
(zh-TW) 日月催人老，今生有幾何？
真言誠可貴，感語不嫌多。
"Occasional thoughts" (偶感)
Source: Deng Feng-Zhou, "Deng Feng-Zhou Classical Chinese Poetry Anthology". Volume 6, Tainan, 2018: 88.
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