Poverty wants some…
Poverty wants some things, luxury many, avarice all things. – Abraham Cowley (1618 – 67) (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Category: English Quotes starting with P : P で始まる英語の名言
Poverty dulls the…
Poverty dulls the wit. (Image by 177789 from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
People will accept…
People will accept your ideas much more readily if you tell them that Benjamin Franklin said it first. (Image by WorldSpectrum from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Pudding before…
![IMAGE: Pudding before praise. [Pudding rather than fame.] / Fair words fill not the belly.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/pudding-791803_640-200x133.jpg)
Pudding before praise. [Pudding rather than fame.] / Fair words fill not the belly. (Image by Karolina Grabowska from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
A politician thinks…
A politician thinks of the next election — a statesman, of the next generation. – James Freeman Clarke (1810 – 88) More »
Play like you play…
Play like you play. Play like you think, and then you got it, if you’re going to get it. And whatever you get, that’s you, so that’s your story. – Count Basie [William James Basie] (1904 – 84) More »
The play’s the thing…
The play’s the thing / Wherein I’ll catch the conscience of the king. // – Hamlet — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): Hamlet, Act II, Scene II More »
Put your sword back…
Put your sword back into its place; for all those who take up the sword shall perish by the sword. – Jesus (c.4B.C.? – c.30?) — Bible: “The Gospel According to Matthew” Chapter 26:52 More »
Pride will have a…
![IMAGE: Pride will have a fall. The proud do not endure. Pride goes before destruction (and shame comes after). Pride comes before a fall. [Pride goes before a fall.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/lion-2242364_1920_lion-1987846_1920edit640-200x132.jpg)
Pride will have a fall. / The proud do not endure. – The Tale of the Heike [Heike Monogatari] / Pride goes before destruction (and shame comes after). / Pride comes before a fall. [Pride goes before a fall.] More »
The people sensible…
The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none. – Eden Phillpotts (1862 – 1960) 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: A miss is as good as a mile. [An inch of a miss is as good [bad] as a mile of a miss. / An inch in missing is as bad as a mile. / An inch is good as a mile if it's a miss.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/business-163860_640-100x66.jpg)
