We are still a…
We are still a sexophobic society, afraid of the wrong things for the wrong reasons. – Mary Steichen Calderone (1904 – 98) More »
Category: English(-Japanese) Quotations and Sayings: 英語(-日本語)の名言ことわざ
Reality can destroy…
Reality can destroy the dream; why shouldn’t the dream destroy reality? – George (Augustus) Moore (1852 – 1933) More »
Knowledge is proud that…
Knowledge is proud that he has learned so much; Wisdom is humble that he knows no more. – William Cowper (1731 – 1800): The Task bk.6, Winter Walk at Noon More »
Be careful about reading…
Be careful about reading health books. You may die of a misprint. – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910) More »
Those who dare to…
Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly. – John F(itzgerald) Kennedy (1917 – 63) / Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly. – Robert Francis Kennedy (1925 – 68) / (Those who aim at…) More »
I can’t stop wondering…
I can’t stop wondering, / Why whoever I ask laughs and says, / “It’s no wonder.” // – Kaneko Misuzu (1903 – 30): Wonder More »
私は不思議で…
私は不思議でたまらない、／誰にきいても笑ってて、／あたりまえだ、ということが。／／ – 金子みすゞ (1903 – 30): 『不思議』 More »
Bee is inside the…
Bee is inside the flower; / Flower is inside the garden; / Garden is … inside the town; / Town is … inside the world; / World is inside of God. // And so, and then, God is, / Inside… More »
Government of the people…
Government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth. – Abraham Lincoln (1809 – 65): “the Gettysburg Address” November 19, 1863 More »
There was never yet…
There was never yet philosopher that could endure the toothache patiently. – William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): Much Ado about Nothing More »
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