<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=502868" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Patience dies</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">I am here; you are there.<br>Had we been hares<br>By now we could have crossed over.<br>But we are only tortoises.<br>For my every ten steps<br>Had you put one step forward, <br>Then too, time could not have been far<br>For each to reach the other, my dear.<br>Had you been stationary, <br>My reaching you would have been sure.<br>But you retreat two steps<br>For every step you put onward.<br>Must I turn myself a hare<br>So that I can be fast there? <br>30.10.99</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Rm.+Shanmugam+Chettiar">Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=502868" data-title="Patience dies de Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar" data-description="I am here; you are there. Had we been hares By now we could have crossed over. But we are only tortoises. For my every ten steps Had you put one step forward, Then too, time could not have been far For each to reach the other, my dear. Had you be..."></div> </div> </div>

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