Proverb: time is money (antedating exact phrase 1719 May 18)

[Victor Steinbok]

Sure! If you can't blame it on Mark Twain, blame it on Marco Polo!

     VS-)

On 3/27/2010 4:46 AM, Randy Alexander wrote:
> Here it is in Chinese from the year 895:
>
> http://zhidao.baidu.com/question/117648824.html?si=1
>
> yi2 = one
> cun4 = bit
> guang1yin1 = time
> yi1 = one
> cun4 = bit
> jin1 = gold
>
> A bit of time (is like) a bit of gold.
>
> --
> Randy Alexander
> Jilin City, China
>

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