By day the crow defeats the owl
Kings need right time their foes to quell.
Well-ordered seasoned act is cord
That fortune binds in bon accord.
What is hard for him who acts
With proper means and time and ucts?
Choose proper time and act and place
Even the world you win with ease.
Who want to win the world sublime
Wait unruffled biding their time.
By self-restraint stalwarts keep fit
Like rams retreating but to butt.
The wise jut not their vital fire
They watch their time with hidden ire.
Bear with hostiles when you meet them
Fell down their head in fateful time.
When comes the season ripe and rare
Dare and do hard things then and there.
In waiting time feign peace like stork
In fighting time strike like its peck.
KNOWING PROPER TIME
