Doan Thi Diem

Doan Thi Diem (c 1705) was a Vietnamese poetess well known for adaptation of classical Chinese poetry into Vietnamese.

Wisdom & Quotes

• When all through the earth, and heaven rise dust storms,

How hard and rough, the road a woman walks.
Born to a race of heroes, you, my love,
Discard brush and ink for tools of war.
I saw you off and sorrowed - Oh
to be you horse on land,
your host upon the stream.

- The Lament of the Warrior's Wife (Tale of Kieu)

Benjamin Franklin