Category: English(-Japanese) Quotations and Sayings: 英語(-日本語)の名言ことわざ

Restraint is a great…

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IMAGE: Restraint is a great word, not only for actors but for everybody to remember. Restraint of tempers, appetites, desires, bad habits, and so on, is a mighty good thing to cultivate. One of the reasons I hated the early comedies in which I played was because there wouldn't be much "restraint" in hurling custard pies! One or two custard pies are funny, perhaps: but when nothing but custard pies is used to get laughs, the picture becomes monotonous.

Restraint is a great word, not only for actors but for everybody to remember. Restraint of tempers, appetites, desires, bad habits, and so on, is a mighty good thing to cultivate. One of the reasons I hated the early comedies… More »

We must laugh in the…

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IMAGE: We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature -- or go insane.

We must laugh in the face of our helplessness against the forces of nature — or go insane. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Hermann Traub from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using… More »

The deeper the truth…

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IMAGE: The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live.

The deeper the truth in a creative work, the longer it will live. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Virtude from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

I suppose that’s one…

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IMAGE: I suppose that's one of the ironies of life -- doing the wrong thing at the right moment.

I suppose that’s one of the ironies of life — doing the wrong thing at the right moment. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) / (From a scene in Monsieur Verdoux.) (Image by John Hain from… More »

The saddest thing I…

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IMAGE: The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used to luxury. – Charlie Chaplin [Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin] (1889 – 1977) (Image by Momentmal from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »

The flowers withered…

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IMAGE: The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. //

The flowers withered, / Their color faded away, / While meaninglessly / I spent my days in the world / And the long rains were falling. // – Ono no Komachi (c.825 – c.900); trans. by Donald Keene [ドナルド・キーン] (1922… More »

What is the nation’s…

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IMAGE: What is the nation's treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation's treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation's treasure; the nation's treasure is one who lights up a (small) corner of the world [one who brightens the world at his corner / one who shines light into a dark corner].

What is the nation’s treasure? The will to (achieve) enlightenment is the treasure, and one who possesses it is the nation’s treasure. Therefore there is an old saying that a string of (large) jewels is not the nation’s treasure; the… More »

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