Throw a sprat to…
Throw a sprat to catch a whale. / Venture a small fish to catch a great one. More »
Category: English(-J) Quotes starting with O-U : O-U で始まる英語(-日)の名言
Success always occurs…
Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view. More »
One lie calls for…
One lie calls for many. More »
Our business in life…
Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves — to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today. – Stewart B. Johnson (1938 – ) More »
Some people are still…
Some people are still unaware that reality contains unparalleled beauties. The fantastic and unexpected, the ever-changing and renewing is nowhere so exemplified as in real life itself. – Berenice Abbott (1898 – 1991) More »
Misfortunes never come…
![IMAGE: Misfortunes never come singly. [Misfortunes seldom come singly.] / One misfortune rides upon another's back. / It never rains but it pours.](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/bike-239882_640-200x133.jpg)
Misfortunes never come singly. [Misfortunes seldom come singly.] / One misfortune rides upon another’s back. / It never rains but it pours. More »
Today’s art should…
Today’s art should not be good. It should not be beautiful. It should not be pleasant. – Taro Okamoto [Okamoto Tarō] (1911 – 1996): Today’s Art [The Art of Today] (Image by kojikamei from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text,… More »
The only true happiness…
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose. – William Cowper (1731 – 1800) More »
The really great writers…
The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination. – James A. [Albert] Michener (1907 – 97) More »
To pray is to pay…
To pray is to pay attention to something or someone other than oneself. – W. H. [Wystan Hugh] Auden (1907 – 73) More »
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![IMAGE: Too much is as bad as too little. / Too much spoils, too little is nothing. [Too much spoils, too little does not satisfy.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/matchstick_fire_drop-of-water_water-drop_640-100x75.jpg)
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