"Whenever I can find the time, I read history books and the classics so as to avoid idle living. I..."

By: vivian on quarta-feira, agosto 05, 2015

“Whenever I can find the time, I read history books and the classics so as to avoid idle living. I constantly remind myself that the world is so vast and state affairs so important that I cannot succumb to laziness and complacency for even a moment. Once one has succumbed to laziness and complacency, everything will become stagnant.”

- the Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di (1360 - 1424)

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