A burnt child dreads…
![IMAGE: A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A scalded cat [dog] fears (even) cold water.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/asian_match_dog_boy_basilisk-rattlesnake_cat-200x150.jpg)
A burnt child dreads the fire. [The burnt child fears the fire.] / Once bitten, twice shy. [Once bit, twice shy.] / He that has been bitten by a serpent [snake] fear [is afraid of] a rotten rope. / A… More »
Category: Quotes by Subject 50-99 Knowledge…Misc: 主題別名言「知識…雑題」
羹に懲りて…
羹に懲りて膾を吹く(あつものにこりてなますをふく)。 – 『楚辞(そじ)』九章（中国～日本の諺） / やけどした子供は火を怖がる。 / 一度噛まれると二度めには怖気付く(おじけづく)。 / 蛇に噛まれて朽ち縄に怖じる(へびにかまれてくちなわにおじる)。 / 熱湯でやけどをした猫［犬］は冷水を（も）恐れる。 More »
A new broom sweeps…
![IMAGE: A new broom sweeps clean. [New brooms sweep clean.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/workers-78002_640-200x150.jpg)
A new broom sweeps clean. [New brooms sweep clean.] / (Someone who is new in a particular job will do a very good job at first, to prove how competent he or she is.) More »
新しい箒はよく…
新しい箒(ほうき)はよく掃ける(はける)［きれいに掃除する(そうじする)］。 / (新任者は仕事に熱心なものだ。) More »
It is more blessed…
It is more blessed to give than to receive. – Jesus (c.4B.C.? – c.30?) — Bible: “The Acts of the Apostles” Chapter 20:35 More »
与うるは受くるより…
与うるは受くるより幸いなり。 – イエス (紀元前4頃? – 30頃?) — 聖書: 『使徒行伝』第20章35節 More »
If everything seems…
If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something. – Steven Wright (1955 – ) (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
もし何もかも上手く…
もし何もかも上手くいっているように見えるのなら、明らかに何かを見落としている。 – スティーヴン・ライト (1955 – ) (Gerd AltmannによるPixabayからの画像) (Google Translateのエンジンを使用した、Sound of Textによるテキスト読み上げ) More »
The devil can cite…
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. / An evil soul producing holy witness / Is like a villain with a smiling cheek, / A goodly apple rotten at the heart. / O, what a goodly outside falsehood hath!… More »
悪魔でさえ自分の益と…
悪魔でさえ自分の益となるなら聖書を引用することがあり得る。／邪悪な魂が聖なる証言を出して見せるのは／悪党が頬に笑みを浮かべるようなもの、／立派な林檎の芯が腐っているようなもの。／おお、なんと立派な外面を偽りは持っているのだ！／／ – アントニオ — ウィリアム・シェイクスピア (1564 – 1616): 『ヴェニスの商人［ベニスの商人］』第一幕第三場 More »
![IMAGE: I never lose. I either win or learn. [Either I win or I learn.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/nelson-mandela-539834_640-100x67.jpg)
![IMAGE: What have you that you have not received? But if you received it, why do you boast as if it were not received? [What do you have that you did not receive? And if you did receive it, why do you boast as though you did not?]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/apple-23_money-62_baby-20_phone-69_640-100x75.jpg)
