Category: 30. Hopes and Dreams: 希望と夢

どうにもならないこと…

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IMAGE: Whatever limits us we call fate.

どうにもならないことがあると、我々は何でも「運命」で片付けようとする。 – ラルフ・ウォルドー・エマソン［ラルフ・ワルド・エマーソン］ (1803 – 82) More »

塵も積もれば山と…

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IMAGE: Many a little makes a mickle. / Little brooks make great rivers. / Light gains make heavy purses.

塵も積もれば山となる。（日本の諺） / 多くの少しずつがたくさんを作る。 / 小さな流れもやがては大きな川となる。 / 僅かな収益が重い財布を作る。 – フランシス・ベーコン (1561 – 1626): 『随想録』 More »

Once Zhuang Zhou…

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IMAGE: Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly. What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou. He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly had dreamed he was Zhou.

Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly. What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou. He did not know… More »

昔者、荘周、夢に胡蝶…

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IMAGE: Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly. What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou. He did not know whether Zhou had dreamed he was a butterfly or a butterfly had dreamed he was Zhou.

昔者(むかし)、荘周、夢に胡蝶と為る。栩栩然(くくぜん)として胡蝶なり。自ら喩しみ(たのしみ)、志に適えるかな。周なるを知らざるなり。俄然として覚むれば(さむれば)、則ち遽遽然(きょきょぜん)として周なり。知らず、周の夢に胡蝶と為れるか、胡蝶の夢に周と為れるか。 – 荘子［荘周］(そうし［そうしゅう］) (紀元前369頃? – 前286頃?): 「斉物論(せいぶつろん)」（胡蝶の夢）　※「遽」は当て字として使用 More »

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