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Top 1 Trần Tế Xương Quotes

poet (1870–1907)

Trần Tế Xương (Chinese: 陳濟昌; 5 September 1870 – 29 January 1907), also known by the pen name Tú Xương, was a Vietnamese poet and satirist.

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What earthly use are these Confucian graphs?
Masters and doctors lie curled up and wilt.
Why not take lessons and become a clerk?
At night champagne, at break of day cow's milk!

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