Words hurt more than…
Words hurt more than swords. More »
Category: English(-Japanese) Quotations and Sayings: 英語(-日本語)の名言ことわざ
It’s dog-eat…
It’s dog-eat-dog. [Dog-eat-dog.] / （⇔）Dog does not eat dog. More »
“A classic”:
“A classic”: something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read. – Mark Twain (1835 – 1910): Speech, quoting Professor Caleb Winchester, 20 Nov 1900, Nineteenth Century Club, NYC More »
Plum flowers! Don’t…
Plum flowers! Don’t forget the springtime, even though your master is no longer with you. When an easterly wind blows, be sure to send me–your sweet fragrance. – Sugawara-no Michizane (845 – 903) More »
Beggars mounted run…
![IMAGE: Beggars mounted run their horse to death. [Set a beggar on horseback and he'll ride to the devil.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/mummification-60510_640trim480-200x150.jpg)
Beggars mounted run their horse to death. [Set a beggar on horseback and he’ll ride to the devil.] – York — William Shakespeare (1564 – 1616): Henry VI. Part III, Act I, Scene IV More »
What is mind? No…
“What is mind?” “No matter.” “What is matter?” “Never mind.” – Thomas Hewitt Key (1799 – 1875) More »
Great gains are not…
![IMAGE: Great gains are not achieved except by great risks. / Nothing venture, nothing have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained. / Nothing ventured, nothing won.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/tigers-50350_640-200x133.jpg)
Great gains are not achieved except by great risks. / Nothing venture, nothing have. [Nothing ventured, nothing gained. / Nothing ventured, nothing won.] More »
Down corn, down…
![IMAGE: Down corn, down horn. [Corn and horn go together.]](https://www.ok312.net/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/corn-2722825_640_cow-3113788_640-200x133.jpg)
Down corn, down horn. [Corn and horn go together.] More »
One man’s meat is…
One man’s meat is another man’s poison. More »
A thought which does…
A thought which does not result in an action is nothing much, and an action which does not proceed from a thought is nothing at all. – Georges Bernanos (1888 – 1948) 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)
