In everything one…
In everything one must consider the end. – Jean de La Fontaine (1621 – 95) (Image by Franc-Comtois on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Month: March 2019
何事においても、その…
何事においても、その結末をよく考えなさい。 – ジャン・ド・ラ・フォンテーヌ (1621 – 95) (Image by Franc-Comtois on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Half a loaf is…
Half a loaf is better than no bread. [Half a loaf is better than none.] / Something is better than nothing. / A little is better than none. / (Similar expressions: A bad bush is better than the open field.)… More »
パン半分でもないより…
パン半分でもないよりはあった方が良い。 / 何かがあることは、何もないよりましである。 / 少しでもないよりはまし。 / (類似表現：枯れ木も山の賑わい。) (Image by Nordwing on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
One good turn…
One good turn deserves another. / He who gives to another bestows on himself. (Image by rawpixel on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
情けは人の為…
情けは人の為ならず(なさけはひとのためならず)。（日本の諺） / (人に善行(ぜんこう)を施せば、自分もまた善行を受ける。) / 恩に報いるに恩をもってせよ。 / (一つの善行（をした人）は別の善行（を受ける）に値する。) / 他人に施す人は自分に施しているのである。 (Image by rawpixel on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Everyone has his…
Everyone has his particular habit. / Every man has his faults. – William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): Timon of Athens (Image by Lemonsandtea on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
無くて七癖…
無くて七癖（、有って四十八癖）(なくてななくせ、あってしじゅうはっくせ)。［人に一癖(ひとにひとくせ)。／人に七癖、我が身に八癖(ひとにななくせ、わがみにやくせ)。］（日本の諺） / 人それぞれに癖がある。 / 人には誰にも欠点がある。 – ウィリアム・シェイクスピア (1564 – 1616): 『アテネのタイモン［アセンズのタイモン］』 (Image by Lemonsandtea on Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
But remember how you…
But remember how you went eighty-seven days without fish and then we caught big ones every day for three weeks. – Manolin — Ernest (Miller) Hemingway (1899 – 1961): The Old Man and the Sea More »
けど87日間一匹も…
けど87日間一匹も釣れないかと思えば3週間毎日大物が釣れたこともあったでしょ？ – マノーリン — アーネスト・ヘミングウェイ (1899 – 1961): 『老人と海』 More »
![IMAGE: A little learning is a dangerous thing. [A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/books-1281581_640-100x38.jpg){kind=small}
![IMAGE: In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. [By the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you shall return.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/eden-3733571_640-100x61.jpg)
![IMAGE: Be faithful to thyself. [Be faithful to yourself.] / Be faithful to that which exists within yourself.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/prayer-1308663_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: Adversities will make a jewel of you. / Adversity makes a man wise. [Adversity makes men wise.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/diamond-1186139_640-100x56.jpg)
![IMAGE: It's hard to be humble, when you're as great as I am. [When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/graffiti-3270939_640-100x71.jpg)
