I sometimes give myself…
I sometimes give myself admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it. – Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 – 1762) More »
Category: English(-Japanese) Quotations and Sayings: 英語(-日本語)の名言ことわざ
There are three rules…
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. – W. [William] Somerset Maugham (1874 – 1965) More »
The tragedy of life…
The tragedy of life doesn’t lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in having no goal to reach. – Benjamin (Elijah) Mays (1894 – 1984) More »
No man, however great…
No man, however great, is known to everybody and no man, however solitary, is known to nobody. – Thomas Moore (1779 – 1852) More »
There is no genius…
There is no genius in life like the genius of energy and activity. – Donald Grant Mitchell (1822 – 1908) More »
If you want to know…
If you want to know the taste of a pear, you must change the pear by eating it yourself…. All genuine knowledge originates in direct experience. – Mao Zedong [Tse-tung] (1893 – 1976): Speech, July 1937, Yanan [Yenan], China More »
It’s one thing to…
It’s one thing to have talent. It’s another to figure out how to use it. – Roger Miller (1936 – 92) More »
The liberty of the…
The liberty of the individual must be limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people. – John Stuart Mill (1806 – 73): On Liberty More »
A man is not finished…
A man is not finished when he’s defeated; he’s finished when he quits. – Richard (Milhous) Nixon (1913 – 94) More »
Thunder only happens…
Thunder only happens when it’s raining. – Stevie Nicks (1948 – ) “Fleetwood Mac”: Dreams More »
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