说苑/梁丘據謂晏子曰：「吾至死不及夫子矣。

梁丘據謂晏子曰：「吾至死不及夫子矣。

Eric Henry

“I shall never in my life come up to you, sir,” said Liang Qiuju to Yanzi.

」晏子曰：「嬰聞之，為者常成，行者常至。

Eric Henry

“I have heard,” said Yanzi, “that those who do things generally finish and that those who walk generally arrive.

嬰非有異於人也，常為而不置，常行而不休者，故難及也。」

Eric Henry

I am no different from others.

Eric Henry

I regularly do things without putting them aside and regularly walk without stopping in midcourse, so I am hard to catch up with.