This tree stood in the ongoing rain, which had mostly unsnowed the area, but still sheets of ice coat parts of the road.
[daily log: walking, 3km; dogwalking, 3km]
Day: December 26, 2022
Caveat: 게으른 놈 짐 많이 진다
I found this aphorism in my book of Korean aphorisms.
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게으른 놈 짐 많이 진다
ge.eu.reun nom jim manh.i jin.da
be-lazy-PART guy burden a-lot carry-PRES
The lazy guy carries a greater burden.
This refers to the fact that someone who is lazy will try to carry everything at once, in one load, rather than make multiple trips. I suppose it could also be indicative of the outcome of procrastination – the giant burden at the end is a consequence of laziness in doing a task systematically. I’m not sure what the precise English equivalent would be for this aphorism, but it’s certainly a relatable principle.
Caveat: Poem #2337 “Onomastics”
ㅁ Names are impossible spells in the world, quickly consumed by the wind where they're hurled, labels for things that we can't understand, fastened to randomly picked bits of land.
– a quatrain in dactylic tetrameter.