忠告は雪の如し。穏やかなものほど、永く、深く、心に降り積もる。 - サミュエル・テーラー・コールリッジ (1772 - 1834)
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Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into, the mind. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772 - 1834)
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